tal

Meaning

1. number, amount
2. grammatical number

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɔl/

Etymology

Probably ultimately related to taal (“language”), which see. Cognate with Dutch tal, English tale, German Zahl.

Sentences

It tal oanmeldingen leit dit jier sa'n fjirtich prosint heger as ferline jier .

The number of applications this year is about forty percent higher than last year.

Yn tal fan gemeenten wurde dizze dagen de krystbeammen ophelle.

In many municipalities, the Christmas trees are picked up these days.

It tal banen dat ferdwynt komt dêrmei op twahûndert.

The number of jobs that will disappear will therefore be two hundred.

It tal oanmeldingen by de skoalle is dit jier bot groeid.

The number of applications to the school has grown significantly this year.

Der binne noch in tal by dy't deelrûtes fytse.

There are still a number of people who cycle partial routes.

Hy hat in grut tal romans en koarte ferhalen op syn namme stean .

He has a large number of novels and short stories to his name.

Op dit kaartsje kinst sjen hoe't it tal tornado's oer de steaten ferdield is .

On this map you can see how the number of tornadoes is distributed across the states.