nineteen

The number 19; a cardinal number between eighteen and twenty.

• 🇩🇪Die Zahl 19; das Zahlwort zwischen achtzehn und zwanzig.

1. Number nineteen A1 formal

   Being one more than eighteen; the number 19.

   • There are nineteen students in the class.
   • She turned nineteen last week.
   • The book has nineteen chapters.

   🇩🇪Neunzehn

• more nineteen comparative form
• most nineteen superlative form

A noun referring to the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one.

• 🇩🇪Das Zahlwort für die natürliche Zahl zwischen achtzehn und zwanzig, die Summe aus achtzehn und eins. Es steht für die Kardinalzahl 19 sowie für die entsprechende Ziffer, Menge oder Position.

1. Number 19 A1 formal

   The cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one.

   • There are nineteen students in the class.
   • She turned nineteen last week.
   • The page number is nineteen.

   🇩🇪Zahl 19

   Synonyme: xix

• nineteens plural form
• nineteens' possessive plural form
• nineteen's possessive singular form

The cardinal numeral representing the quantity of nineteen units; the nineteenth positive integer following eighteen; a prime number. Also functions as a noun (denoting the symbol, quantity, or group of nineteen), adjective/determiner (modifying nouns to indicate quantity), and pronoun (standing in for a plural noun phrase).

• 🇩🇪Kardinalzahl, die die Menge von neunzehn Personen, Gegenständen oder Zähleinheiten angibt; wird auch als Substantiv, Determinativ oder Pronomen verwendet.

1. Cardinal numeral: the number 19 A1 formal

   Used to denote a quantity of nineteen persons or things; the nineteenth positive integer in the sequence of natural numbers; a prime number; represents a nineteenfold quantity in counting, mathematics, and everyday usage.

   • There are nineteen players on each cricket roster.
   • She scored nineteen points in the chess tournament.
   • Nineteen plus nineteen equals thirty-eight.
   • The lecture starts at nineteen hundred hours.
   • He collected nineteen vintage coins this year.

   🇩🇪Kardinalzahl: die Zahl 19

2. Noun: the number, symbol, or group of nineteen A2 formal

   A noun referring to the cardinal number nineteen; the numeral symbol 19 or XIX; a set, collection, or group consisting of nineteen items; a playing card displaying nineteen (in extended decks); a team or ensemble of nineteen members.

   • The number nineteen marks the end of the teenage years.
   • Circle the nineteens in this dataset.
   • The ensemble consists of a nineteen of vocalists.
   • In some card variants, the nineteen holds special scoring value.
   • The historical document lists a nineteen of delegates.

   🇩🇪Substantiv: die Zahl, das Symbol oder die Gruppe von neunzehn

3. Adjective/Determiner: amounting to nineteen A1 formal

   Used attributively before a noun to indicate that the quantity or number of the noun is nineteen; modifies plural countable nouns to specify exact quantity.

   • They booked a nineteen-day trek across the mountains.
   • We need nineteen additional microphones for the auditorium.
   • The laboratory protocol requires nineteen milliliters of the solution.
   • She has nineteen years of experience in architectural design.
   • Nineteen regional departments participated in the audit.

   🇩🇪Determinativ/Adjektiv: in der Menge von neunzehn

4. Pronoun: nineteen people or things (plural) B1 formal

   Used as a pronoun to refer to nineteen previously mentioned or understood persons or things; takes plural verb agreement.

   • Ninety applied, but only nineteen were accepted into the cohort.
   • I invited eighty guests; nineteen confirmed their attendance.
   • How many seats should we reserve? — Nineteen will be ideal.
   • Several startups pitched, but nineteen advanced to the demo day.
   • Of the manuscripts evaluated, nineteen were selected for publication.

   🇩🇪Pronomen: neunzehn Personen oder Dinge

• nineteenth ordinal