Vocabulary
der
Zentimeter
/ˈtsɛntiˌmeːtɐ/· noun· Pl. die Zentimeter
centimetre
Der Zentimeter (cm) — for clothes and furniture, for how much a child has grown and how much snow has fallen.
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Forms
- Singular
- der Zentimeter
- Plural
- die Zentimeter
- Genitiv
- des Zentimeters
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Zentimeter
centimetre
Der Tisch ist 80 Zentimeter breit.
The table is 80 centimetres wide.
Word family
Zentimeterder Metermetreder Millimetermillimetreder Kilometerkilometreder Quadratzentimetersquare centimetre
Common combinations
- ein paar Zentimetera few centimetres
- zehn Zentimeter Schneeten centimetres of snow
- um zwei Zentimeter kürzento take up by two centimetres
Common learner mistakes
- der Centimeterder ZentimeterGerman spells it with Z (Zenti-, said like ts), not with C as in English.
Real examples
- Die Hose ist drei Zentimeter zu lang.The trousers are three centimetres too long.
- Mein Sohn ist dieses Jahr fünf Zentimeter gewachsen.My son has grown five centimetres this year.
- Heute Nacht sind zwanzig Zentimeter Schnee gefallen.Twenty centimetres of snow fell last night.
