Usage Note
stündlich means 'every hour' or 'hourly', used to describe frequency: stündlich fahrender Bus ('bus running every hour'). It also appears in the phrase stündlich wechseln ('to change by the hour'), meaning a situation is changing rapidly.
Examples
"Die Lage änderte sich stündlich."
Natural Translation
The situation changed hourly.
Literal Translation
The situation changed hourly.
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