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das Punkt

noun · /pʊŋ(k)t/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German punct, Late Latin pūnctus. Doublet of bunt.

Translation

  1. dot (marking an abbreviation) masculine, strong

    Es liegt ein feiner Grat zwischen Sprache, die knapp ist und auf den Punkt kommt, und Sprache, die zu schroff ist.

    There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.

    Es liegt ein feiner Grat zwischen knapper Sprache, die auf den Punkt kommt, und zu schroffer Sprache.

    There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.

  2. full stop, period (indicating end of sentence) masculine, strong
  3. point masculine, strong
  4. spot masculine, strong
  5. item (on a list) masculine, strong
  6. sharp; exactly masculine, strong

    um Punkt 9 Uhr.

    at 9 o'clock sharp

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Punkt Punkte
Accusative Punkt Punkte
Dative Punkt Punkten
Genitive Punktes Punkte

Punkt

noun ·

Translation

  1. a point suggested by a ministry source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  2. case source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. dot source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en