Schalttag

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃal(t)ˌtaːk/
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃal(t)ˌta(ː)x/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
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Noun

Schalttag m (strong, genitive Schalttages or Schalttags, plural Schalttage)

  1. leap day
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 106:
      Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte.
      Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.

Declension

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