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GERMAN LESSON - TELLING THE TIME IN GERMAN

. see also German Numbers

one o'clock AM
ein Uhr (IGHN oor)
two o'clock AM
2 Uhr (TSVIGH oor)
noon
12 Uhr or Mittag (TSVOOLF oor or MIT-tahk)
one o'clock PM
13 Uhr (DRIGH-tsayn oor)
two o'clock PM
14 Uhr (FEER-tsayn oor)
midnight
Mitternacht or 24 Uhr (Vierundzwanzig Uhr) (MIT-er-nahkht or FEER-oont-TSVAHN-tsikh oor)
quarter past two Viertel nach zwei (FEERtell nahkh tsvigh)
half past three** Halb vier (hahlp feer)**

** Watch out:  In English you say it's half past the previous hour - in German you say it's half an hour before the following hour. (ie. 3.30pm in English is half past three, but it German it's called half four.)

Practise how to ask for the time/ tell what time it is in German with this video:

Other useful German phrases:

now
jetzt (yetst)
later
später (SHPET-er)
before
vor (for)
morning
Morgen (MOR-gen)
in the morning
morgens (MOR-genss)
tomorrow morning
morgen früh (MOR-gen FRUU)
in the afternoon
nachmittags (NAHKH-mit-tahks)
afternoon
Nachmittag (NAHKH-mit-tahk)
evening
Abend (AH-bent)
in the evening
abends (AH-bents)
night
Nacht (nahkht)
in the night
nachts (nahkhts)
__ minute(s) __ Minute(n) (mih-NOO-tuh [mih-NOO-ten])
__ hour(s) __ Stunde(n) (SHTOON-duh [SHTOON-den)
__ day(s) __ Tag(e) (TAHK [TAH-guh])
__ week(s) __ Woche(n) (VOKH-uh [VOKH-en])
__ month(s) __ Monat(e) (MOH-naht [moh-NAH-tuh])
__ year(s) __ Jahr(e) (YAHR[-uh])

 



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