Nachtruhe

German

Etymology

Nacht (“night”) +‎ Ruhe (“rest”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaxtˌʁuːə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Nacht‧ru‧he

Noun

Nachtruhe f (genitive Nachtruhe, no plural)

1. sleep ((countable) act or instance of sleeping)
2. quiet hours; noise curfew (overnight period during which noise is expected or required to be reduced)

Declension

Declension of Nachtruhe [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nachtruhe
genitive	einer	der	Nachtruhe
dative	einer	der	Nachtruhe
accusative	eine	die	Nachtruhe

Further reading

• “Nachtruhe” in Duden online
• “Nachtruhe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)