Is it der, die or das Millisekunde? – die Millisekunde, plural die Millisekunden

Why is it die Millisekunde?

Millisekunde ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

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[1] A thousandth of a second

[1] eine tausendstel Sekunde

[1] A thousand milliseconds correspond to one second
[1] Tausend Millisekunden entsprechen einer Sekunde.

[1] "Seven milliseconds have decided over $ 800 million"
[1] „Sieben Millisekunden haben über 800 Millionen Dollar entschieden.“

More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "I think a millisecond too long"
[1] „Ich denke eine Millisekunde zu lange nach.“