Parkuhr

German

Etymology

From parken (“to park”) +‎ Uhr (“clock, meter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʁkˌʔuːɐ̯/

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• Hyphenation: Park‧uhr

Noun

Parkuhr f (genitive Parkuhr, plural Parkuhren)

1. parking meter

Usage notes

• Only Parkuhr can be used of old-fashioned mechanical parking meters. Modern computerised ones may alternatively be called Parkautomat/Parkscheinautomat.

Declension

Declension of Parkuhr [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Parkuhr	die	Parkuhren
genitive	einer	der	Parkuhr	der	Parkuhren
dative	einer	der	Parkuhr	den	Parkuhren
accusative	eine	die	Parkuhr	die	Parkuhren

Further reading

• “Parkuhr” in Duden online