• miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    In german you’d just say quarter ten, half ten and three quarters ten for 9:15, 9:30 and 9:45 respectively

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        11 months ago

        Though not every region in Germany will do that, some think it’s stupid, but it makes sense to me.

        Quarter ten for example means a quarter of the tenth hour is over, so 9:15. There’s good logic behind it, at least

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          11 months ago

          What? That must be a bavaria/switzerland/austria thing. I never heard this. hearing quarter ten (Viertel zehn?) i’d assume 10:15 and most definitly not 09:15 0.o I’ll stay with quarter before ten for (viertel vor zehn) 09:45 and quarter after ten (viertel nach zehn) for 10:15.