viertel
See also: Viertel
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪʁtəl/, [ˈfɪʁtl̩], [ˈfɪɐ̯tl̩], [ˈfɪʁtəl], [ˈfɪɐ̯təl]; recommended by Duden and DWDS: [ˈfɪʁtl̩]
- IPA(key): /fɪtəl/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
Preposition
viertel
- (East Germany, Bavaria, Austria) three-quarters of an hour before, 45 minutes before (used with the number of the following hour)
- Wir treffen uns um viertel zwei.
- We’re meeting at quarter past one.
Usage notes
Unlike the construction halb zwei (“half past one, one-thirty”), constructions like viertel zwei and dreiviertel zwei are restricted to the eastern parts of the German-speaking area, and may not be understood elsewhere. In the remaining parts of the German-speaking area, the usual constructions are Viertel nach eins (“quarter past one”) and Viertel vor zwei (“quarter to two”).
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