Why is it die Mittagspause?
Mittagspause is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Pause. So it’s die Mittagspause.
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Meaning
[1] Interruption of an activity at the time of noon
[1] Unterbrechung einer Tätigkeit zur Zeit des MittagsExamples
[1] "I spent my lunch break with Mr. Klein, Ms. Landau's brother from Hungary" [1]
[1] „Meine Mittagspause verbrachte ich mit Herrn Klein, Frau Landaus Bruder aus Ungarn.“[1]
[1] "'Impulse Shopping', going to the boutique during lunch break, quietly died" [2]
[1] „‚Impulse shopping‘, der Gang zur Boutique in der Mittagspause, ist still gestorben.“[2]
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "During the lunch break, the freshly installed siren trial alarm" [3]
[1] „Während der Mittagspause gab die frisch installierte Sirene Probealarm.“[3]
[1] "The only problem was that the chief of police was located in a very extensive lunch break" [4]
[1] „Das einzige Problem war, dass der Polizeichef sich gerade in einer sehr ausgedehnten Mittagspause befand.“[4]
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Mittagspause | die Mittagspausen |
| Genitiv | der Mittagspause | der Mittagspausen |
| Dativ | der Mittagspause | den Mittagspausen |
| Akkusativ | die Mittagspause | die Mittagspausen |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary