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German
Etymology
Formed on the model of Schaltjahr (“leap year”). By surface analysis, schalten (“switch”) + Tag (“day”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃal(t)ˌtaːk/
- IPA(key): /ˈʃal(t)ˌta(ː)x/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
Noun
Schalttag m (strong, genitive Schalttages or Schalttags, plural Schalttage)
- leap day
1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 106:Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte.- Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.
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