Meaning 1neutral · 90%
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds
Natural examples
Der Bus kommt in fünf Minuten.
The bus arrives in five minutes.
Die Pause dauert zehn Minuten.
The break lasts ten minutes.
Bitte warte noch eine Minute.
Please wait one more minute.
Usage note
After numbers from two onward use Minuten. Eine Minute, bitte can simply mean a short moment.
Useful combinations
fünf Minuten dauern — to last five minutesin einer Minute — in one minuteeine Minute warten — to wait for one minute
Common mistake
zwei Minute
zwei Minuten
Use plural Minuten after numbers from two onward.
Mini-lesson: The minute
Learn die Minute and plural Minuten. One minute has 60 seconds. Use phrases such as in fünf Minuten and zehn Minuten dauern.
Check your learning
Choose one answer.Which form is correct? “The film starts in three ___.”