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