Pause

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See also: pause, pausé, and -pause

English

A Sega Master System III console with a round white Pause button on the left.
The Pause key of a keyboard, among various other keys.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pause.

Noun

Pause (plural Pauses)

  1. A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaʊ̯zə/,
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German pūse, borrowed from Middle French pause (14st), from Latin pausa.

Noun

Pause f (genitive Pause, plural Pausen, diminutive Päuschen n)

  1. pause, break
Declension
Declension of Pause
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Pause die Pausen
genitive einer der Pause der Pausen
dative einer der Pause den Pausen
accusative eine die Pause die Pausen
Hyponyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From pausen (“to trace”).

Noun

Pause f (genitive Pause, plural Pausen, diminutive Päuschen n)

  1. tracing, blueprint
Declension
Declension of Pause
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Pause die Pausen
genitive einer der Pause der Pausen
dative einer der Pause den Pausen
accusative eine die Pause die Pausen
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Pause” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Pause” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Pause f

  1. plural of Pausa
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