Pause

See also: pause, -pause, and pausé

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.

Etymology

From pause.

Alternative forms

• pause

Noun

Pause (plural Pauses)

1. A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something.
   1. A button that, when pressed, causes electronic media (such as VHS or DVD) to be paused or resumed and still active (usually as a single frame without sound); compare with the Stop button, that usually pauses electronic media while also finishing the connection with them.
   2. A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar input device of video games) that, when pressed, causes the current video game to be paused or resumed.
   3. A key (of computer keyboards) that, when pressed during the execution of any of certain operating systems, halts or resumes the current flow of instructions.

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯zə/, [ˈpʰaʊ̯zə]

Noun

Pause f (genitive Pause, plural Pausen)

1. pause, break

Declension

declension of Pause

	singular			plural
f gender	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