Jahrhundert
Meaning
a century (period of 100 years)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Jahr‧hun‧dert
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jaːɐ̯ˈhʊndɐt/
Etymology
Jahr (“year”) + hundert (“one hundred”). Compare Dutch jaarhonderd.
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Sentences
Das koreanische Alphabet wurde erst im fünfzehnten Jahrhundert erfunden .
The Korean alphabet was not invented until the fifteenth century.