Schaltsekunde

German

Etymology

schalten (“to switch”) +‎ Sekunde (“second”)

Pronunciation
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. leap second
    • 2012 June 20, Die Welt‎, archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 22:
      Die Nacht zum 1. Juli 2012 wird eine Sekunde länger dauern. Zum ersten Mal seit der Neujahrsnacht vom 1. Januar 2009 wird in die „koordinierte Weltzeit“ (UTC) wieder eine sogenannte Schaltsekunde eingefügt.
      The night before July 1, 2012 will last one second longer. For the first time since the night of New Year's Eve on January 1, 2009, a so-called leap second will be inserted again into the "Coordinated Universal Time" (UTC).

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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