Sekunde

• Secunde (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin secunda. The units of time and angle are from pars minuta secunda (literally “second minute part”).

• IPA^(key): /zeˈkʊndə/ (Germany)

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• IPA^(key): /seˈkʊndɛ/, [-d̥ɛ] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)

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• Hyphenation: Se‧kun‧de

Sekunde f (genitive Sekunde, plural Sekunden, diminutive Sekündchen n)

1. A unit of time; a second.
2. A unit of angular measurement; a second.
3. (music) A second, an interval of 1 (kleine Sekunde, minor second) or 2 (große Sekunde, major second) semitones.

• sekündlich

• “Sekunde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sekunde” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sekunde” in Duden online

Sekunde f

1. plural of Sekund