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Mitternachtsstunde

the midnight hour

noun MIT-ter-nahkhts-shtun-duh Rare
Time Time of Day

Also means

hour of midnight

Usage Note

Mitternachtsstunde is a literary and slightly elevated compound referring to the stroke of midnight or the hour around it. It appears in narrative fiction and cultural contexts: in der Mitternachtsstunde (in the midnight hour).

Examples

"In der Mitternachtsstunde läuteten die Glocken."

Natural Translation

In the midnight hour the bells rang.

Literal Translation

In the midnight-hour rang the bells.

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