Mittagspause

German

Etymology

From Mittag (“noon”) +‎ -s- +‎ Pause (“break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪtaːksˌpaʊ̯zə/

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• Hyphenation: Mit‧tags‧pau‧se

Noun

Mittagspause f (genitive Mittagspause, plural Mittagspausen)

1. lunchbreak, lunch hour (A break at work for having lunch, usually at a fixed time around noon and unpaid.)

Declension

Declension of Mittagspause [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mittagspause	die	Mittagspausen
genitive	einer	der	Mittagspause	der	Mittagspausen
dative	einer	der	Mittagspause	den	Mittagspausen
accusative	eine	die	Mittagspause	die	Mittagspausen

Further reading

• Mittagspause on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Mittagspause” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mittagspause” in Duden online