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Schweigeminute

die Schweigeminute

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Meaning

[1] A short period of commemoration to deceased

[1] kurzer Zeitraum des Gedenkens an Verstorbene

Examples

In the minute's silence, people intended to the victims of the disaster and prayed for the survivors

[1] In der Schweigeminute gedachten die Menschen den Opfern der Katastrophe und beteten für die Hinterbliebenen.

[1] "The German and Lithuanian mothers who owe so much to the wolf children to whom the German and Lithuanian mothers honor"

[1] „Zwei Schweigeminuten ehren die deutschen und litauischen Mütter, denen die Wolfskinder so viel zu verdanken haben.“

[1] "The State Duma in Moscow honored the victims of the attack on Wednesday before her meeting with a minute of silence"

[1] „Die Staatsduma in Moskau ehrte die Opfer des Anschlags am Mittwoch vor ihrer Sitzung mit einer Schweigeminute.“

[1] "He demanded a minute's silence in memory of the victims and opened the dance" "

[1] „Er forderte eine Schweigeminute im Gedenken an die Opfer und eröffnete den Tanz.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Schweigeminute die Schweigeminuten
Genitiv der Schweigeminute der Schweigeminuten
Dativ der Schweigeminute den Schweigeminuten
Akkusativ die Schweigeminute die Schweigeminuten

Pronunciation

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