Schaltsekunde

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Etymology

schalten (“to switch”) +‎ Sekunde (“second”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schaltsekunde f (genitive Schaltsekunde, plural Schaltsekunden)

  1. leap second
    • 2012 June 20, Die Welt‎, archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 22:
      Die Nacht zum 1. Juli 2012 wird eine Sekunde länger dauern. Zum ersten Mal seit der Neujahrsnacht vom 1. Januar 2009 wird in die „koordinierte Weltzeit“ (UTC) wieder eine sogenannte Schaltsekunde eingefügt.
      The night before July 1, 2012 will last one second longer. For the first time since the night of New Year's Eve on January 1, 2009, a so-called leap second will be inserted again into the "Coordinated Universal Time" (UTC).

Declension

Declension of Schaltsekunde
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schaltsekunde die Schaltsekunden
genitive einer der Schaltsekunde der Schaltsekunden
dative einer der Schaltsekunde den Schaltsekunden
accusative eine die Schaltsekunde die Schaltsekunden

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