# der Mittag

der Mittag is a German noun meaning “noon”. Forms: des Mittags, die Mittage.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Mittags
- Plural: die Mittage

## In other languages

- Русский: полдень

## Noun

1. noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon (time from about 11 a.m. to 2 p.m)
   - Sie hat bis Mittag geschlafen. — She slept until midday.
2. _archaic_ south (compass point representing 180°)
   - 1545, Martin Luther, Luther Bible, Exodus 26:18 (with KJV translation) — And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

## Noun

1. _colloquial · no plural_ lunch (light meal eaten around midday)
   - Wann gibt's Mittag? — When is lunch ready?

## Examples

- Paul isst um ein Uhr zu Mittag. — Paul has lunch at one.
- Ich esse um halb zwei zu Mittag. — I have lunch at half one.
- Um wieviel Uhr ißt du zu Mittag? — What time do you eat lunch?
- Tom und ich essen oft zusammen Mittag. — Tom and I often eat lunch together.
- Ich esse mit meiner Schwester zu Mittag. — I am eating lunch with my sister.

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
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