Dekade
See also: dekade
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French décade (“period of ten days or years”), from Latin decas, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás). In contemporary French décennie is standard for “ten years, decade”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈkaːdə/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /d̥eˈkɑːd̥ɛ/ (Austria)
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːdə
- Hyphenation: De‧ka‧de
Noun
Dekade f (genitive Dekade, plural Dekaden)
- (learned) decade (ten years)
- Synonyms: (usual) Jahrzehnt, (rare) Dezennium
- Coordinate terms: Jahrhundert, Jahrtausend, Millennium
- (learned) ten days; a third of a month
- Die erste Junidekade war von ungewöhnlichen starken Regenfällen geprägt.
- The first ten days of June were characterised by unusually strong rainfall.
- (learned) decade (set or series of ten units)
Declension
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