Stunde.
hour (unit of time consisting of 60 minutes)
Meaning & usage
hour (unit of time consisting of 60 minutes)
Der Film dauert drei Stunden.
hour, moment, time (point in time)
Bitte für uns Sünder, jetzt und in der Stunde unsres Todes.
lesson; class (teaching unit, usually between 45 and 90 minutes)
Ich muss jetzt zur Klavierstunde.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German stunde, from Old High German stunta, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“point in time, hour”). Cognate with Catalan estona (“while”), Hunsrik Stunn (“while, hour”), Low German Stunn, Stünn (“hour”), dated Dutch stond (“time”), English stound (“hour, while, moment, time”), Danish stund (“while”), Norwegian stund (“while”), Northern Sami stund (“while”), Finnish tunti (“hour”). More at stound.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.