Null
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Null (plural Nulls)
- A surname.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Since late 16th c. From earlier form Nulla (c. 1500), from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, feminine of nūllus (“no one”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *óynos and *-lós.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Null f (genitive Null, plural Nullen)
- (mathematics) zero (a numeral; numeric symbol of zero)
- Synonym: Zero
- Die Null und der Großbuchstabe „O“ sind sich im Schriftbild sehr ähnlich. ― Zero and the capital letter "O" are very similar in typeface.
- Er malte eine große Null auf das Papier. ― He painted a big zero in the sheet of paper.
- Die Zahl Hundert wird mit zwei Nullen geschrieben. ― The number one hundred is written with two zeros.
- (derogatory) failure, loser
- Synonyms: Nichtskönner, Versager
- In Mathematik ist er eine totale Null. ― He is a total failure in mathematics.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Null [feminine]
Hypernyms[edit]
- (numeral): Ziffer, Zahlzeichen
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- Nullergebnis, Nullkommanichts, Nullleiter, Nulllösung, Nullpunkt, Nullspiel, Nullsummenspiel, Nulltarif, Nullvektor, Nullwert
- Normalnull, Riesennull, Sportnull, rote Null, schwarze Null
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Null” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Null” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Null” in Duden online
Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Null f (plural Nullen)
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