noun · A1

die Minute

[miˈnuːtə]

minute

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Es ist zehn Minuten nach acht.

It's ten past eight.
Ich komme in zwanzig Minuten.

I'll be there in twenty minutes.
Habt ihr eine Minute Zeit?

Do you have a minute?

The tinted words form a set phrase: Zeit haben
Emil braucht nur fünfzehn Minuten bis Kreuzberg.

Emil only needs fifteen minutes to get to Kreuzberg.

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

Case	Singular	Plural	Example
Nominative wer? was?	die Minute	die Minuten
Accusative wen? was?	die Minute	die Minuten	Otti verpasst den Bus um eine Minute. Otti misses the bus by one minute.
Dative wem?	der Minute	den Minuten	Wir haben bis zur letzten Minute um den Sieg gezittert. We were on tenterhooks about the win until the very last minute.
Genitive wessen?	der Minute	der Minuten

der Minutenzeigerminutenlang

In Otti's situations: Otti reads the clock

der Abend früh gestern halb heute jetzt der Mittag morgen der Morgen die Nacht spät die Stunde

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