der Hektar
Translation
hectare
Examples
Der Bauer besitzt zehn Hektar Land.
The farmer owns ten hectares of land.
Ein Hektar entspricht 10.000 Quadratmetern.
One hectare is equivalent to 10,000 square meters.
Grammar Patterns
a hectare of sth. ein Hektar et2 A hectare of land costs a lot of money.
Similar Words
Acre, Morgen (old German unit of area)
Etymology
From Greek 'hekaton' (hundred) and 'Ar' (are, a unit of area). One hectare is 100 ares.
Memory Tips
It's an international unit of measurement, very similar to the English 'hectare'. Remember it's a square of 100m by 100m.