Jahrzehnt
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German
Etymology
18th-century coinage displacing older ambiguous Dekade (“ten years; ten days”). From Jahr (“year”) + zehn (“ten”) with final -t probably on the model of older Jahrhundert (“century”), or possibly from zehnter (“tenth”). Compare Dutch jaartiental (“decade”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Jahrzehnt n (strong, genitive Jahrzehntes or Jahrzehnts, plural Jahrzehnte)
Declension
Declension of Jahrzehnt
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Jahrzehnt | die | Jahrzehnte |
| genitive | eines | des | Jahrzehntes, Jahrzehnts | der | Jahrzehnte |
| dative | einem | dem | Jahrzehnt, Jahrzehnte1 | den | Jahrzehnten |
| accusative | ein | das | Jahrzehnt | die | Jahrzehnte |
1Now rare, see notes.