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Jahrzehnt

decade

noun YAHR-tsaynt Less Common
Time Time Expressions

Usage Note

Jahrzehnt transparently joins Jahr (year) and zehn (ten). Its neighbours follow the same logic: Jahrhundert is a century and Jahrtausend a millennium.

Examples

"Das war vor einem Jahrzehnt."

Natural Translation

That was a decade ago.

Literal Translation

That was before a decade.

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