rarissimum 42

rarissimum 42: number suppletion of the indefinite pronoun, with the singular form identical to the numeral ‘one’ and (here comes the nonesuch) the plural (and also mass) form supplied by the plural of an interrogative pronoun

Where found

Standard German (Germanic, IE)

Domain

morphology: inflection

Subdomain

suppletion

Keywords

indefinite pronoun, interrogative pronoun, number

Type

rarissimum

Universals violated

none

Source

Glaser, Elvira (1992). Umbau partitiver Strukturen in der Geschichte des Deutschen. Sprachwissenschaft 17: 113-132.
Plank, Frans (1994b). The unlikely plurals of ONE in Bavarian and Miskito. In Agreement Gender Number Genitive & (EURO-TYP Working Papers VII/23), 59-79.