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Quadratkilometer

square kilometre

noun kva-DRAHT-ki-lo-may-ter Less Common
Numbers & Measures Measurements

Usage Note

Quadratkilometer combines Quadrat ('square') with Kilometer and is abbreviated km². Like most masculine measure nouns it stays unchanged in the plural after a number: zehn Quadratkilometer.

Examples

"Der Park ist drei Quadratkilometer groß."

Natural Translation

The park is three square kilometres in size.

Literal Translation

The park is three square-kilometres big.

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