Pause

See also: pause, pausé, and -pause

English

A Sega Master System III console with a round white Pause button on the left.

The Pause key of a keyboard, among various other keys.

Alternative forms

• pause

Etymology

From pause.

Noun

Pause (plural Pauses)

1. A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯zə/, [ˈpaʊ̯zə]

• Audio (Austria):

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German pūse, borrowed from Middle French pause (14st), from Latin pausa.

Noun

Pause f (genitive Pause, plural Pausen, diminutive Päuschen n)

1. pause, break

Declension

Declension of Pause [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pause	die	Pausen
genitive	einer	der	Pause	der	Pausen
dative	einer	der	Pause	den	Pausen
accusative	eine	die	Pause	die	Pausen

Derived terms

• Mittagspause
• Pausenbrot
• pausenlos

Etymology 2

From pausen (“to trace”).

Noun

Pause f (genitive Pause, plural Pausen, diminutive Päuschen n)

1. tracing, blueprint

Declension

Declension of Pause [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pause	die	Pausen
genitive	einer	der	Pause	der	Pausen
dative	einer	der	Pause	den	Pausen
accusative	eine	die	Pause	die	Pausen

Derived terms

• Blaupause
• Pauspapier

Further reading

• “Pause” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pause” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈp(ʰ)aʊ̯sə/

Noun

Pause f

1. plural of Pausa