Tag Archives: telling the time
Time in Germany: How Did We Get Here? Posted by Sten on May 21, 2020
We’ve written many posts on how to tell time in German. However, we’ve never discussed how we got there! How is it that in the United States, you say 4 pm, and in Germany, you’d say sechzehn Uhr (sixteen hours)? Why is this referred to as military time in the US and just… time in German? It…
Telling the time in German: Around the clock in 5-minute Steps Posted by Sandra Rösner on Oct 18, 2012
The constant reader of this blog might already know that I set myself to make a thoroughly series on Telling the Time in German. So far, I have explained how to cite full hours and the quarters of an hour (using mechanical clocks), and I explained why we tend to tell the time differently –…
Telling the time in German: Numbers, numbers, numbers Posted by Sandra Rösner on Aug 29, 2012
How we cite the time usually depends on whether we read the time with digital watches or mechanical ones. In the following video I explain how you tell the time in German when you exclusively use numbers in your citation – which is usally the case when you read the time with digital watches.
Telling the time in German: The quarters of an hour Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jul 16, 2012
In my last post I discussed how to ask for the time and how to tell the time when it comes to full hours. Now I’d like to continue with the times between the hours. First you should know that there are regional differences how to tell the time in German. And the awkward thing…