Doppelstunde
German, noun[ˈdɔpl̩ˌʃtʊndə]
Doppelstunde is spelled D-O-P-P-E-L-S-T-U-N-D-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doppelstunde is a German feminine noun meaning “double lesson, double period (lesson that lasts twice the normal time, thus typically 90 minutes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwei aufeinanderfolgende Unterrichtseinheiten (oft ohne Pause)”.
What does Doppelstunde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedouble lesson, double period (lesson that lasts twice the normal time, thus typically 90 minutes)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zwei aufeinanderfolgende Unterrichtseinheiten (oft ohne Pause)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Doppelstunde
- Doppelstunden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Doppelstunde?
- [ˈdɔpl̩ˌʃtʊndə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Doppelstunde in German?
Doppelstunde appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).