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Meter

/ˈmeːtɐ/· noun· Pl. die Meter

metre

Hundred-metre sprint, two-metre basketball player, ten square metres of room.

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Singular
der Meter
Plural
die Meter
Genitiv
des Meters

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Meter
metre

Der Tisch ist zwei Meter lang.

The table is two metres long.

Word family

Meterder Kilometerkilometreder Zentimetercentimetreder Quadratmetersquare metre

Common combinations

  • hundert Metera hundred metres
  • zwei Meter großtwo metres tall
  • ein paar Metera few metres

Real examples

  • Er ist fast zwei Meter groß.He's almost two metres tall.
  • Sie läuft die hundert Meter in zwölf Sekunden.She runs the hundred metres in twelve seconds.
  • Der Supermarkt ist nur fünfzig Meter von hier.The supermarket is only fifty metres from here.

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