Nomen

der Zentimeter

centimetre

Das Lineal ist 30 Zentimeter lang.

This ruler is 30 centimetres long.

Ein Meter hat hundert Zentimeter.

One metre has one hundred centimetres.

((number)) centimetres ((adjective)) to be (number) centimetres (adjective) The board is 50 centimetres wide.

Synonyms: unit of measurement (Maßeinheit)

From Latin 'centum' (hundred) and Greek 'metron' (measure). It means 'one-hundredth of a metre'.

Think of a 'cent' (1/100th of a dollar) to remember that 'centi-' means one hundredth.

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