Sekunde
German, noun/zeˈkʊndə/
Sekunde is spelled S-E-K-U-N-D-E (7 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sekunde is a German feminine noun meaning “A unit of time; a second” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sechzigster Teil einer Minute; Grundeinheit der Zeit”.
What does Sekunde mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA unit of time; a second.
- 2
feminineA unit of angular measurement; a second.
- 3
feminineA second, an interval of 1 (kleine Sekunde, minor second) or 2 (große Sekunde, major second) semitones.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sechzigster Teil einer Minute; Grundeinheit der Zeit 2. sehr kurze Zeitspanne 3. das 9.192.631.770-fache einer Schwingungsdauer des Caesium-133 4. zweite Tonstufe; das Intervall zwischen zwei benachbarten Tonstufen
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 Sekunde
- Sekunden plural
- Sekündchen diminutive neuter
- Sekunderl diminutive neuter
- Secunde alternative obsolete
- Sekund variant
- Sek. abbreviation
- s abbreviation
- sek. abbreviation
- " abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sekunde?
- Germany /zeˈkʊndə/
- /seˈkʊndɛ/
- Austria [-d̥ɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sekunde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sekunde in German?
Sekunde appears 20 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).