Polyglot Dictionary

Jahrzehnt

/jaːɐ̯ˈtsɛːnt/

das noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Jahrzehnte

Meaning

  1. decade

    Built from Jahr (year) + Zehnt (ten).

    • Das war vor einem Jahrzehnt.

      That was a decade ago.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Jahr year
  • Zehnt ten

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

década

década is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "decade."

Portuguese

década

década is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "decade."

Practice

1 What does Jahrzehnt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das war vor einem ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Jahrzehnt?

nouncompound

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