Countdown
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English countdown, from count + down.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Countdown m (strong, genitive Countdowns, plural Countdowns)
- A countdown, count(ing) backward to the (starting) time of some event
- 1982, Peter Schilling (lyrics and music), “Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)”, in Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst) [All Versions]:
- Der Countdown läuft
- The countdown starts
Declension
[edit]Declension of Countdown [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Countdown | die | Countdowns |
genitive | eines | des | Countdowns | der | Countdowns |
dative | einem | dem | Countdown | den | Countdowns |
accusative | einen | den | Countdown | die | Countdowns |
Further reading
[edit]- “Countdown” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Countdown” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Countdown” in Duden online
- Countdown on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de