viertel
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German
Pronunciation
Numeral
viertel
- a quarter of something (used as an indeclinable adjective)
- ein viertel Kilogramm.
- a quarter of a kilogram.
- eine viertel Million.
- a quarter of a million.
- (East Germany, Bavaria, Austria) three-quarters of an hour before, 45 minutes before (used with the number of the following hour)
- Wir treffen uns um viertel zwei.
- We’re meeting at quarter past one.
Usage notes
The gender of the expression "viertel+noun" is the gender of the noun.
Unlike the construction halb zwei (“half past one, one-thirty”), constructions like viertel zwei and dreiviertel zwei are restricted to the eastern and southern parts of the German-speaking area, and may not be understood elsewhere. In the remaining parts of the German-speaking area, the usual constructions are Viertel nach eins (“quarter past one”) and Viertel vor zwei (“quarter to two”).
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| zwölf Uhr | fünf nach zwölf | zehn nach zwölf | viertel nach zwölf, viertel eins |
zwanzig nach zwölf, zehn vor halb eins |
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| halb eins | fünf nach halb eins | zwanzig vor eins, zehn nach halb eins |
viertel vor eins, dreiviertel eins |
zehn vor eins | fünf vor eins | ||