Viertel

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German

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    Cardinal: vier
    Ordinal: vierte
    Sequence adverb: viertens
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4.
    Adverbial: viermal
    Adverbial abbreviation: 4-mal
    Multiplier: vierfach
    Multiplier abbreviation: 4-fach
    Fractional: Viertel
    Polygon: Viereck
    Polygon abbreviation: 4-Eck
    Polygonal adjective: viereckig
    Polygonal adjective abbreviation: 4-eckig

Etymology

From Old High German fiorteil. Equivalent to vier +‎ Teil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪʁtəl/, , , , ; recommended by Duden and DWDS:
  • (file)

Noun

Viertel n or (alternatively in Switzerland) m (strong, genitive Viertels, plural Viertel)

  1. (fractional number) quarter, fourth

Declension

Noun

Viertel n (strong, genitive Viertels, plural Viertel)

  1. Clipping of Stadtviertel; quarter, neighbourhood (of a town or city)
    Synonym: (Switzerland) Quartier

Declension

Noun

Viertel n (strong or mixed, genitive Viertels, plural Viertel or Vierteln, diminutive Vierterl n)

  1. (regional) one-quarter liter (250 milliliter) of a specified liquid, often used in recipes.
    Synonym: Viertelliter
    Fügen Sie ein Viertel Milch hinzu.Add one-quarterliter of milk.
  2. (chiefly Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) one-quarter liter (250 milliliter) of wine.
    Sie tranken noch ein Viertel, dann gingen sie nach Hause.They drank a last quarter liter of wine, then they went home.

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Descendants

  • Lower Sorbian: běrtyl

Further reading

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