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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Jahrzehnt

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jaːɐ̯tseːnt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Decennium/dɪˈsɛniəm/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das letzte Jahrzehnt brachten viele technologische Fortschritte."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A period of ten years; a decade.

    "The country underwent profound industrial transformation over the course of that decennium."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'decennium', composed of 'decem' (ten) and 'annus' (year). It entered formal English usage in the 17th century as a scholarly term denoting a period of ten consecutive years, paralleling the older and more common term decade.

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