sekundenschnell

German

Etymology

From Sekunde (“second”) +‎ -n- +‎ schnell (“fast”).

Pronunciation
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Adjective

sekundenschnell (strong nominative masculine singular sekundenschneller, not comparable)

  1. within seconds
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 35/2010, page 104:
      Mehr als drei Millionen Menschen wären vom sekundenschnellen Hitzetod bedroht, würde der Vesuv noch einmal so gewaltig explodieren wie im Jahr 79 nach Christus.
      More than three million people would be threatened by heat death within seconds, should Vesuvius explode again as enormously as in the year 79 AD.

Declension

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