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Schalttag
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German
Etymology
Formed on the model of de Schaltjahr leap year. de schalten Tag switch day.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃal(t)ˌtaːk/
de /ˈʃal(t)ˌta(ː)x/ northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial
de De-Schalttag.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s
leap day
de Interkalationstag
106 Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte. Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.
Declension
m,(e)s
Further reading
de Calendar Day