German Vocabulary: Telling time

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Vocabulary List

English German Pronunciation
Hour
Stunde
Minute
Minute
Second
Sekunde
Clock
Uhr
Watch
Uhr
Timepiece
Zeitmessgerät
Digital
Digital
Analog
Analog
AM
vormittags
PM
nachmittags
Midnight
Mitternacht
Noon
Mittag
Quarter
Viertel
Half
Halb
Past
nach
To
vor
Time zone
Zeitzone
Stopwatch
Stoppuhr
Timer
Timer

Wizard’s Wisdom: German Time Structure

In German, when telling time, the hour is stated first followed by the minutes. Use the word Uhr to indicate ‘o’clock’, such as zwei Uhr for 2 o’clock. For minutes, use the word Minuten, for example zehn Minuten nach drei for 3:10.

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