Dekade
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See also: dekade
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French décade (“period of ten days or years”), from Latin decas, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás). In contemporary French décennie is standard for “ten years, decade”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /deˈkaːdə/ (Standard)
- IPA(key): /d̥eˈkɑːd̥ɛ/ (Austria)
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːdə
- Hyphenation: De‧ka‧de
Noun[edit]
Dekade f (genitive Dekade, plural Dekaden)
- (learned) decade (ten years)
- Synonyms: (usual) Jahrzehnt, (rare) Dezennium
- Coordinate terms: Jahrhundert, Jahrtausend, Millennium
- 2017 November 22, Mohamed Amjahid, “Alter!”, in ZEITMagazin[1]:
- Man ist noch nicht seit einer gefühlten Ewigkeit da. Ich stelle mir das so vor: In der vierten Dekade des Lebens geht man irgendwie alterslos durch die Welt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (learned) ten days; a third of a month
- Die erste Junidekade war von ungewöhnlichen starken Regenfällen geprägt.
- The first ten days of June were characterised by unusually strong rainfall.
- (learned) decade (set or series of ten units)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Dekade [feminine]
Further reading[edit]
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