Mittagspause

German

Etymology

Mittag (“noon”) +‎ -s- +‎ Pause (“break”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪtaːksˌpaʊ̯zə/

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• Hyphenation: Mit‧tags‧pau‧se

Noun

Mittagspause f (genitive Mittagspause, plural Mittagspausen)

1. lunchbreak, lunch hour (A break at work for having lunch, usually at a fixed time around noon and unpaid.)

Further reading

• Mittagspause on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Mittagspause” in Duden online