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Frau Hilde wohnt seit fünf Jahrzehnten in unserem Haus. Frau Hilde has lived in our building for five decades.

noun · B1

das Jahrzehnt

[jaːɐ̯ˈt͡seːnt]

decade

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Other Examples

  • Seit einem Jahrzehnt fahren wir jeden Sommer an die Ostsee.

    For a decade now, we've been going to the Baltic Sea every summer.

  • Welches Jahrzehnt findest du am spannendsten?

    Which decade do you find the most exciting?

  • Bruno kocht nach einem Rezept, das seit Jahrzehnten in seiner Familie ist.

    Bruno cooks from a recipe that has been in his family for decades.

Grammar

Plural
die Jahrzehnte In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? das Jahrzehnt die Jahrzehnte
Welches Jahrzehnt findest du am spannendsten? Which decade do you find the most exciting?
Accusative wen? was? das Jahrzehnt die Jahrzehnte
Dative wem? dem Jahrzehnt den Jahrzehnten
Seit einem Jahrzehnt fahren wir jeden Sommer an die Ostsee. For a decade now, we've been going to the Baltic Sea every summer.
Genitive wessen? des Jahrzehnts der Jahrzehnte

How the Word Is Built

Jahr root zehn root t suffix

A compound: das Jahr + das Zehnt

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde tells how Berlin changed

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