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Grad

degree

noun GRAHT Less Common
Numbers & Measures Measurements

Origin: from Latin gradus ('step')

Also means

extent

Usage Note

Grad covers degrees of temperature and angle as well as a figurative 'extent' (ein hoher Grad an). After numbers it often stays singular: zwanzig Grad ('twenty degrees'). The final -d is devoiced to 't'.

Examples

"Heute sind es zwanzig Grad."

Natural Translation

Today it's twenty degrees.

Literal Translation

Today are it twenty degrees.

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