Feminine

Sekunde

Meaning

  1. (feminine) A unit of time; a second.
  2. (feminine) A unit of angular measurement; a second.
  3. (feminine) A second, an interval of 1 (kleine Sekunde, minor second) or 2 (große Sekunde, major second) semitones.

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

sekunde

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/zeˈkʊndə/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin secunda. The units of time and angle are from pars minuta secunda (literally “second minute part”).

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