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Vormittag

late morning

noun FOR-mit-tahk Less Common

Also means

forenoon

Usage Note

Vormittag covers the hours from after breakfast until noon, masculine: der Vormittag. It fills the gap English often leaves vague between morning and midday: am Vormittag means in the late morning. Its adverb is vormittags.

Examples

"Den ganzen Vormittag haben wir aufgeräumt."

Natural Translation

We tidied up the whole late morning.

Literal Translation

The whole fore-noon have we tidied-up.

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