null

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See also: Null, núll, and null'

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle French nul, from Latin nullus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /nʌl/
  • Audio (US)
    		(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌl

Noun[edit]

null (plural nulls)

  1. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  2. Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
  3. Something that has no force or meaning.
  4. (computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  5. (computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
    Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null.
  6. One of the beads in nulled work.
  7. (statistics) null hypothesis

Translations[edit]

Adjective[edit]

null (comparative more null, superlative most null)

  1. Having no validity; "null and void"
    • Jeremy Taylor
      Their baptizations were null.
  2. Insignificant.
    • 1924, Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove:
      In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.
  3. Absent or non-existent.
  4. (mathematics) Of the null set.
  5. (mathematics) Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
  6. (genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

null (third-person singular simple present nulls, present participle nulling, simple past and past participle nulled)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To nullify; to annul.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
  2. To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Cimbrian[edit]

Numeral[edit]

null

  1. (cardinal) zero

References[edit]

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Estonian[edit]

Numeral[edit]

null

  1. (cardinal) zero

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nullus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

null

  1. (cardinal) zero

Noun[edit]

null n (genitive singular nuls, plural null)

  1. (mathematics) the numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero

Declension[edit]

n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative null nullið null nullini
Accusative null nullið null nullini
Dative nulli nullinum nullum nullunum
Genitive nuls nulsins nulla nullanna

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

null (not comparable)

  1. (slang) no, zero (absolutely none)
  2. (law) null (having no validity)

Declension[edit]

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Declension of null
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist null sie ist null es ist null sie sind null
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative nuller nulle nulles nulle
genitive nullen nuller nullen nuller
dative nullem nuller nullem nullen
accusative nullen nulle nulles nulle
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der nulle die nulle das nulle die nullen
genitive des nullen der nullen des nullen der nullen
dative dem nullen der nullen dem nullen den nullen
accusative den nullen die nulle das nulle die nullen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein nuller eine nulle ein nulles (keine) nullen
genitive eines nullen einer nullen eines nullen (keiner) nullen
dative einem nullen einer nullen einem nullen (keinen) nullen
accusative einen nullen eine nulle ein nulles (keine) nullen

Synonyms[edit]

Numeral[edit]

null

  1. (cardinal) zero, (British) nought (number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all)
  2. (sports) nil, (tennis) love, zero (no score)

Coordinate terms[edit]

Cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— null eins zwei drei vier fünf sechs sieben acht neun
1— zehn elf zwölf dreizehn vierzehn fünfzehn
(fuffzehn)		 sechzehn siebzehn
(siebenzehn)		 achtzehn neunzehn
2— zwanzig einundzwanzig zweiundzwanzig dreiundzwanzig vierundzwanzig fünfundzwanzig sechsundzwanzig siebenundzwanzig achtundzwanzig neunundzwanzig
3— dreißig einunddreißig zweiunddreißig dreiunddreißig vierunddreißig fünfunddreißig sechsunddreißig siebenunddreißig achtunddreißig neununddreißig
4— vierzig einundvierzig zweiundvierzig dreiundvierzig vierundvierzig fünfundvierzig sechsundvierzig siebenundvierzig achtundvierzig neunundvierzig
5— fünfzig
(fuffzig)		 einundfünfzig zweiundfünfzig dreiundfünfzig vierundfünfzig fünfundfünfzig sechsundfünfzig siebenundfünfzig achtundfünfzig neunundfünfzig
6— sechzig einundsechzig zweiundsechzig dreiundsechzig vierundsechzig fünfundsechzig sechsundsechzig siebenundsechzig achtundsechzig neunundsechzig
7— siebzig
(siebenzig)		 einundsiebzig zweiundsiebzig dreiundsiebzig vierundsiebzig fünfundsiebzig sechsundsiebzig siebenundsiebzig achtundsiebzig neunundsiebzig
8— achtzig einundachtzig zweiundachtzig dreiundachtzig vierundachtzig fünfundachtzig sechsundachtzig siebenundachtzig achtundachtzig neunundachtzig
9— neunzig einundneunzig zweiundneunzig dreiundneunzig vierundneunzig fünfundneunzig sechsundneunzig siebenundneunzig achtundneunzig neunundneunzig
Cardinal numbers from 100 onward

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External links[edit]

  • null in Duden online and null in Duden online; cp. null in Duden online and null in Duden online
  • “null” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache; cp. “Null” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nullus

Determiner[edit]

null

  1. no (determiner: not any)
    ha null penger - to have no money

Numeral[edit]

null

  1. (cardinal) zero, nought, nil

Noun[edit]

null m (definite singular nullen, indefinite plural nuller, definite plural nullene)
null n (definite singular nullet, indefinite plural null or nuller, definite plural nulla or nullene)

  1. zero (numeric symbol of zero), nought, nil
  2. a nobody or nonentity (derogatory about a person)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin nullus

Determiner[edit]

null

  1. no (determiner: not any)
    ha null pengar - to have no money

Numeral[edit]

null

  1. (cardinal) zero, nought, nil

Noun[edit]

null m (definite singular nullen, indefinite plural nullar, definite plural nullane)
null n (definite singular nullet, indefinite plural null, definite plural nulla)

  1. zero (numeric symbol of zero), nought, nil
  2. a nobody or nonentity (derogatory about a person)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare German null.

Numeral[edit]

null

  1. zero
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