Jahrzehnt

Significat

decade

Amb guionet com

Jahr‧zehnt

Gènere

Neutre

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ja(ːɐ̯)ˈtseːnt/

Etimologia

18th-century coinage displacing older ambiguous Dekade (“ten years; ten days”). From Jahr (“year”) + zehn (“ten”) with final -t probably on the model of older Jahrhundert (“century”), or possibly from zehnter (“tenth”). Compare Dutch jaartiental (“decade”).

Sents

Im nächsten Jahrzehnt versuchte Michael seine Besitztümer wieder zu erhalten .

Over the next decade, Michael tried to regain his possessions.