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die Zahl

noun · /tsaːl/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German zāle, from Old High German zala, from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō, from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“reckoning, calculation, fraud”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, calculate”), cognate with Danish tal and Danish tale, Dutch taal, Low German Tahl, Hunsrik Zaal, English tale.

Translation

  1. number, numeral, figure feminine
  2. tails (side of a coin) feminine

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Zahl Zahlen
Accusative Zahl Zahlen
Dative Zahl Zahlen
Genitive Zahl Zahlen

zahl

verb · /tsaːl/ ·

Translation

to pay

singular imperative of zahlen

  1. singular imperative of zahlen form-of, imperative, singular
  2. first-person singular present of zahlen colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular