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Dekade.

decade (ten years)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/deˈkaːdə/Standard/d̥eˈkɑːd̥ɛ/Austria
  1. decade (ten years)

    feminine · literary
  2. ten days; a third of a month

    feminine · literary
    Die erste Junidekade war von ungewöhnlichen starken Regenfällen geprägt.
  3. decade (set or series of ten units)

    feminine · literary
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French décade (“period of ten days or years”), from Latin decas, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás). In contemporary French décennie is standard for “ten years, decade”.

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