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- "Eins ist eine Nummer."
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Integer (whole numbers only) = Ganze Zahl
Digit (911 has 3 digits) = Zahlzeichen
Numeral (0-9) = Ziffer
Number (nominal, i.e. for identification) = Nummer
Number (mathematical, including fractions; rational, irrational imaginary numbers) = Zahl
No, die natürlichen Zahlen are the 'natural numbers', i.e. the positive integers that can be used for counting: 1, 2, 3, etc.
'Nummer' is feminine, therefore 'eine' is the appropriate indefinite article. And remember to capitalize your nouns.
Eins is the number 1. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eins It is special as it is considered a cardinal number and is only used for counting or math.
Feminine!
die Mathe http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-german/math
die Mathematik http://dictionary.reverso.net/german-english/mathematik
It can be confusing because "of mathematics" comes out as "der Mathematik". http://german.about.com/library/blcase_sum.htm http://german.about.com/library/blcase_gen.htm
The number 1 when used for counting or in math is "eins" http://german.about.com/library/anfang/blanfang07.htm
The article ein/ein/eine/eine (masculine/neuter/feminine/plural) means "a", "an", or "one" as describing a noun. http://german.about.com/library/anfang/blanfang03.htm
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When I was a kid - a good long time ago - we used to count out (like eenie,meenie, mynie, mo) with "Eins, zwei, drei, horsengoggle." I have no idea where "horsengoggle" came from - I'd guess a corruption of some German phase.
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Does any native speaker of German have any idea of a possible German word or phrase which "horsengoggle" might be a corruption of?
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It was in Michigan, USA. I don't remember whether it was just me and my siblings who said this or whether our friends did it too.
I should add we had a grandfather who immigrated (by himself!) at age 13 (1889) from Germany. This may well be where we learned it, although I don't remember HIM ever saying it. I don't remember whether it was just me and my siblings or whether our friends did it too.
He used very little German in front of us, although he regularly said, "Schlafen sie wohl!" at bedtime when we visited. The only other German I remember hearing from him was a table grace: "Komm' lieber Herr Jesu/ Sei unser Gast/ Segne alles was du/ Uns bescheren hast." I took German in college (after two years of it in High School - first German class in our town since World War II) and started writing letters to Grandpa "auf Deutsch". By then he was a very old man, and he seemed so pleased by this. I struggled with his handwriting when he wrote back - the handwriting he had learned as a child was very different from the handwriting he used to write English, which was the common English cursive. But he wrote German in Fraktur (which is spiky - reminded me of an electrocardiogram). One of my German profs was kind enough to help me decipher the Fraktur. I have just googled "Fraktur handwriting" and found some examples - you may not think this is as hard to read as I indicated, but remember his writing had the added shakiness of an old man in his late 80's, then early 90's.
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I just looked-up Fraktur writing, I recognise it but didn't know its' name. Again, an interesting memory, thank you.
Cheers, Malcolm
Please express why this sentence does not make sense. It makes perfect sense to me.
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In Deutschland sagen wir immer, eins ist eine Zahl. Nummer und Ziffer sind eher speziell.
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La lalalalaa ..♪♪ here's my number ♪♫. I just love that song. Sadly it has no bearing on the sentence: One is a number.
"Eine" is either "a" or "an" for feminine or plural nouns. In English, "an" is only used before a vowel sound. "Ein" is either "a" or "an" also, but is for Masculine or Neuter nouns in Nominative case and Neuter nouns in Accusative case. Masculine nouns in Accusative case use "einen". http://german.about.com/library/blcase_sum.htm
Adjectives change endings for number (singular and plural), gender (masculine, neuter, feminine) and case (Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive).