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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "minute" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "minute" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
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so just wanted to check when you use the form
-minütige
z.B.
Wir machen eine zehn Minuten Pause
or
Wir machen eine zehnminütige Pause
Are both forms right ? Are there any differences in how they sound or when you’d use one or the other?
Nice question!!
“zehnminütige” is definitely the better choice here and it’s a neutral description of the type of break. “Zehn-Minuten-Pause” sounds like it’s a “thing”, like “Mittagspause” or “Sommerpause” or Milka-Lila-Pause (A marketing slogan that’s in almost every German’s brain).
To me “die 10 Minuten Pause” sounds like one of these word inventions that the BILD newspaper is coming up with… can’t think of an example right now of course, but maybe something like “der Teuer-Döner” or something like that.#
However:
– Wir machen 10 Minuten Pause.
This is perfectly fine and sounds less stiff than “10-münitige”. It’s the standard way of connecting a duration, which is done directly.
Similar to this in English:
– I’ll wait (for) 10 minutes.
cool thanks!