der Millimeter
Translation
millimetre
Examples
Das Brett ist nur wenige Millimeter dick.
The board is only a few millimetres thick.
Es hat heute 10 Millimeter geregnet.
It rained 10 millimetres today.
Grammar Patterns
to be ((number)) millimetres thick/long/wide ((Zahl)) Millimeter dick/lang/breit sein The paper is only one millimetre thick.
Similar Words
Synonyms: (unit of measurement)
Etymology
From Latin 'mille' (thousand) and 'metrum' (measure). It means one-thousandth of a metre.
Memory Tips
This is an international word, almost identical to the English 'millimetre'. Think of the smallest marks on a ruler.