WH54 Fachwortlexikon
Lernwerkstatt Aachen GbR
Mathematik | Physik | Chemie


Viertel elf


... German for => a quarter past ten (time of the day)


In German "viertel elf" and "viertel vor elf" must not be confused. The first version means: a quarter on the way from ten to eleven o'clock, which is either 10.15 or 22.15. The latter means: a quarter still before us on the way from ten to eleven o'clock, which can either mean 10.45 or 22.45.





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