Stunde

See also: stunde and stünde

German[edit]

Stunde on German Wikipedia

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German stunta, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”). Cognate with Hunsrik Stunn, Dutch stond (“time”), English stound (“hour, while”), Danish stund (“while”), Norwegian stund (“while”), Northern Sami stund (“while”). More at stound.

Stunde f (genitive Stunde, plural Stunden, diminutive Stündchen n or Stündlein n)

hour (unit of time consisting of 60 minutes)
Der Film dauert drei Stunden.
The movie lasts three hours.
(dated) hour, moment, time (point in time)
Bitte für uns Sünder, jetzt und in der Stunde unsres Todes.
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
lesson; class (unit of instruction, typically between 45 and 90 minutes)
Ich muss jetzt zur Klavierstunde.
I need to go to piano class right now.

Declension of Stunde

hour

moment, stound

lesson