Stunde
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German stunde, from Old High German stunta, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”).
Cognate with Catalan estona (“while”), Hunsrik Stunn, Dutch stond (“time”), English stound (“hour, while”), Danish stund (“while”), Norwegian stund (“while”), Northern Sami stund (“while”). More at stound.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Stunde f (genitive Stunde, plural Stunden, diminutive Stündchen n or Stündlein n)
- hour (unit of time consisting of 60 minutes)
- Der Film dauert drei Stunden.
- The movie lasts three hours.
- (dated) hour, moment, time (point in time)
- Bitte für uns Sünder, jetzt und in der Stunde unsres Todes.
- Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
- lesson; class (teaching unit, usually between 45 and 90 minutes)
- Ich muss jetzt zur Klavierstunde.
- I need to go to piano class right now.
Usage notes edit
- The term Zeitstunde (literally “time-hour”) may be used in education contexts to distinguish sense 1 from sense 3.
Declension edit
Declension of Stunde [feminine]
Hyponyms edit
hour
moment, stound
lesson
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
- Uhr f (hour as a unit of clock time)
Further reading edit
- “Stunde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Stunde” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Stunde” in Duden online
Stunde on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
