Central semantics

We regard cardinal numbers as numerals, as described in this section. Ordinal numbers inflect like adjectives in German and are therefore treated under the adjective section.

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e s

spelled-out cardinal numbers drei/numeral   K"uhe

cardinal numbers in figures 3/numeral   Kamele

annuals Er wurde 1994/numeral   gefa"st.

decimal numbers in figures 7,5/numeral   Prozent

spelled-out fractal numbers Sie kaufte anderthalb/numeral   Pfund Mehl

cardinals in appositions/predicative use Schlag zwölf/numeral  , Nummer eins/numeral  

numeral parts of dates, not ordinals! 3./adj   2./adj   1994/numeral