"Minute" meaning in German

See Minute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /miˈnuːtə/ Audio: De-Minute.ogg , De-at-Minute.ogg , De-Minute2.ogg
Rhymes: -uːtə Etymology: 15th c., from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:der|la-med:minūtus<alt:minūta>}}, {{der|de|la-med|minūta||60th of an hour; note}} Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^chen}} Minute f (genitive Minute, plural Minuten, diminutive Minütchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Minute [genitive], Minuten [plural], Minütchen [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Minute [nominative, singular], Minuten [definite, nominative, plural], Minute [genitive, singular], Minuten [definite, genitive, plural], Minute [dative, singular], Minuten [dative, definite, plural], Minute [accusative, singular], Minuten [accusative, definite, plural], Minut [alternative]
  1. minute (unit of time; unit of angle) Tags: feminine Derived forms: minütlich Related terms: minutengenau, Minutengericht, minutenlang, Minutentakt, minutenweise, Minutenzeiger, Gedenkminute, Gehminute, Schweigeminute

Inflected forms

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      ],
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      "form": "Minute",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minuten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minütchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minute",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minuten",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Minuten",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Minute",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minuten",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Minute",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minuten",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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        "nu",
        "te"
      ]
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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        },
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          "name": "Units of measure",
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        },
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        }
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              97,
              102
            ],
            [
              97,
              104
            ],
            [
              116,
              121
            ]
          ],
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        }
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        "minute (unit of time; unit of angle)"
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        {
          "word": "minutengenau"
        },
        {
          "word": "Minutengericht"
        },
        {
          "word": "minutenlang"
        },
        {
          "word": "Minutentakt"
        },
        {
          "word": "minutenweise"
        },
        {
          "word": "Minutenzeiger"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gedenkminute"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gehminute"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schweigeminute"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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    }
  ],
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}
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    }
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      "name": "der"
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    },
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      "form": "Minuten",
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      "form": "Minütchen",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Minute",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Minuten",
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "Minute",
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      "form": "Minuten",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Minute",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Minuten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minut",
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    }
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  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "minutengenau"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minutengericht"
    },
    {
      "word": "minutenlang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minutentakt"
    },
    {
      "word": "minutenweise"
    },
    {
      "word": "Minutenzeiger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gedenkminute"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gehminute"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schweigeminute"
    }
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        "German terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (little)",
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}

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