Usage examples of "Sekunde" in German with translation to English

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Eine Sekunde ist ein Sechzigstel einer Minute. A second is a sixtieth part of a minute.
Sie kann nicht einmal eine Sekunde lang den Mund halten. She simply cannot keep her mouth shut, not even for a second.
Sehr bedauerlicher Weise werden jede Sekunde 1.900 Quadratmeter Land zu Wüste. Very regrettably, 1,900 square meters of land become desert every second.
Sie kann einfach nicht ihren Mund halten, nicht mal für eine Sekunde. She simply cannot keep her mouth shut, not even for a second.
Eine Minute entspricht sechzig Sekunden. A minute has sixty seconds.
Er kann 100 Meter in zwölf Sekunden laufen. He can run 100 meters within twelve seconds.
Er wartete mehrere Sekunden und öffnete die Tür. He waited for several seconds and opened the door.
Ich habe den Zug um dreißig Sekunden verpasst. I missed the train by thirty seconds.
Es bleiben dir nur zehn Sekunden zu leben. You have only ten seconds left to live.
Das erste Flugzeug ist 1903 für zwölf Sekunden geflogen. The first airplane flew in 1903 for twelve seconds.
Eine Stunde hat sechzig Minuten, und eine Minute hat sechzig Sekunden. An hour has sixty minutes, and a minute has sixty seconds.
Nachdem er für zehn Sekunden einem arabischen Lied zugehört hat, hörte Dima eine vertraute Stimme sagen: "Friede sei mit Dir!" After listening to an Arabic song for ten seconds, Dima finally heard a familiar voice say, "As-Salamu Alaykum!"
Sie ruht sich keine Sekunde aus. She does not take a rest for an instant.
Das Rennen entschied sich in letzter Sekunde. The race went down to the wire.
Der Zug kam auf die Sekunde pünktlich an. The train arrived bang on time.
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