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uncountable

/ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/

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noun

Nicht zählbares Nomen

(grammar) An uncountable noun.

Examples :

"In grammar class, we learned that "advice" is an uncountable noun, so we don't say "advices." "

Im Grammatikunterricht haben wir gelernt, dass „Ratschlag“ ein nicht zählbares Nomen ist, also sagen wir nicht „Ratschläge“.

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adjective

Unzählbar, unermesslich

So many as to be incapable of being counted.

Examples :

"The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach."

Die Gründe für unser Scheitern waren so unzählbar wie die Sandkörner am Strand.

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adjective

Unzählbar

Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.

Examples :

"Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable."

Cantors „Diagonalbeweis“ zeigt, dass die Menge der reellen Zahlen unzählbar ist.

math number logic

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adjective

Unzählbar

(grammar, of a noun) That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.

Examples :

"Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns."

Viele Sprachen unterscheiden nicht zwischen zählbaren und unzählbaren Nomen.

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