Vocabulary
die
Pause
/ˈpaʊ̯zə/· noun· Pl. die Pausen
break; interval
Mittagspause, Kaffeepause — by law, after six hours of work you get a break of at least 30 minutes.
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Forms
- Singular
- die Pause
- Plural
- die Pausen
- Genitiv
- der Pause
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Pause
break (work, school)
Wir machen um zwölf Pause.
We take a break at twelve.
Word family
Pausedie Mittagspauselunch breakdie Kaffeepausecoffee breakpausierento pause, to take a breakpausenlosnon-stop
Common combinations
- (eine) Pause machento take a break
- in der Pauseduring the break
- eine kurze Pausea short break
Common learner mistakes
- Wir nehmen eine Pause.Wir machen eine Pause.„Take a break“ is eine Pause machen. „eine Pause nehmen“ is a translation from English.
Real examples
- Lass uns kurz Pause machen.Let's take a short break.
- In der Pause esse ich ein Brötchen.In the break I eat a roll.
- Die Pause dauert eine halbe Stunde.The break lasts half an hour.
