Jahrzehnt

German

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ja(ːɐ̯)ˈtseːnt/
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  • Hyphenation: Jahr‧zehnt

Noun

Jahrzehnt n (strong, genitive Jahrzehntes or Jahrzehnts, plural Jahrzehnte)

  1. decade
    Synonym: Dekade

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Jahrzehnt” in Duden online
  • “Jahrzehnt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Jahrzehnt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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