Number

"Number" in German

Anzahl

(quantity)

Numerus

(grammar: state of being singular, dual or plural)

Nummer

(numeral)

Nummer

(used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence)

Nummer

(informal: telephone number)

Nummer

(performance)

Zahl

(abstract entity used to describe quantity)

Zahl

(mathematics: number)

Zahl

(quantity)

Zahl

(grammar: state of being singular, dual or plural)

Ziffer

(numeral)

nummerieren

(label with numbers; assign numbers to)

zählen

(to total; to amount to)

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