nummer

From Latin numerus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔmˀɐ]

nummer n (singular definite nummeret, plural indefinite numre)

1. number
2. track

• ydernummer

• “nummer” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nummer” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Middle Dutch nommer, from Old French nombre, from Latin numerus. The shift from masculine gender in Middle Dutch to neuter gender in modern Dutch is potentially due to the influence of its synonyms getal and cijfer which both have the neuter gender.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʏ.mər/

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• Hyphenation: num‧mer
• Rhymes: -ʏmər

nummer n (plural nummers, diminutive nummertje n)

1. number used as a means of identification
2. number (used to show the rank of something in a list or sequence)
3. a song or musical performance; a track
4. issue of a publication (e.g. a magazine)
5. number of an item on a menu; (by extension) a dish identified by such a number

In Belgium, in colloquial speech and informal writing, the word often retains its historical masculine gender.

• Afrikaans: nommer
• Berbice Creole Dutch: nombru
• Petjo: nummer
• → Caribbean Javanese: nomer
• → Indonesian: nomer
• → Sranan Tongo: nomru
• → Trió: numuru
• → West Frisian: nûmer

From Latin numerus.

• IPA^(key): /nʉ.mər/

nummer n (definite singular nummeret, indefinite plural nummer or numre, definite plural numra or numrene)

1. a number
2. (slang) act of sexual intercourse

• nummerere

• “nummer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin numerus.

• IPA^(key): /nʉ.mər/

nummer n (definite singular nummeret, indefinite plural nummer, definite plural nummera)

1. a number

• atomnummer
• fødselsnummer
• postnummer
• registreringsnummer

• “nummer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Middle Scots nowmer, numer, from Early Scots nowmyr, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, from Latin numerus.

nummer (plural nummers)

1. number
   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Revelation 13:18, page 434:

     Here there is need o wit. Lat them at hes smeddum rackon up the nummer o the Baist. It is the nummmer o a man; an his nummer is sax hunder an saxty-sax.

     Here wisdom is needed; allow those who have understanding to calculate the number of the Beast. It is a number belonging to a man, and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

From Latin numerus.

• IPA^(key): /¹nɵmɛr/

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nummer n

1. a number
2. an individual section of a show; an act
3. an issue of a paper or magazine
4. size of shoes or gloves
5. (slang) sexual intercourse
6. an item on a numbered list; a lot at an auction

• littera (“sequence of letters”)
• numrera

• rummen