Stunde

See also: stunde and stünde

German

Etymology

From Old High German stunta. Cognate with Dutch stond (“time”), English stound (“hour, while”), Danish stund (“while”), Norwegian stund (“while”), Swedish stund (“while”). More at stound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtʊndə/

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Noun

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

1. hour (unit of time constisting of 60 minutes)

   Der Film dauert drei Stunden.

   The movie lasts three hours.

2. (dated) hour; stound; moment (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.

3. 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

Declension of Stunde

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Stunde	die	Stunden
genitive	einer	der	Stunde	der	Stunden
dative	einer	der	Stunde	den	Stunden
accusative	eine	die	Stunde	die	Stunden

Derived terms

• Geisterstunde
• stunden
• Stundenhotel
• Stundenkilometer
• stündlich
• Stundung
• stundenlang

Further reading

• Stunde in Duden online