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A quarter of a game in certain sports, especially American football or basketball. A game is typically divided into four quarters.
Die Heimmannschaft erzielte im letzten Quarter die entscheidenden Punkte.
The home team scored the decisive points in the last quarter.
You can recognize the meaning of 'Quarter' from the context. If it's about sports (points, game), it means a quarter of a game. If it's about business (revenue, company), it means a quarter of a year. If it's about money (paying, coin), it means the 25-cent coin.
Im Basketball dauert ein Quarter zehn oder zwölf Minuten.
In basketball, a quarter lasts ten or twelve minutes.
'Quarter' is a loanword from English. It is therefore also pronounced as in English.
Die Mannschaft hat das Spiel im letzten Quarter verloren.
The team lost the game in the last quarter.
In a sports context, 'Quarter' is usually combined with an ordinal number to name the specific quarter of the game: 'im ersten Quarter' (in the first quarter), 'im vierten Quarter' (in the fourth quarter).
Die Entscheidung fiel erst im letzten Quarter des Spiels.
The decision only came in the last quarter of the game.
In a business context, the four quarters of a year are often abbreviated as Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4. These abbreviations are very common in business reports and financial news.
Die Ergebnisse für Q3 werden nächste Woche erwartet.
The results for Q3 are expected next week.
quarter / district
'das Viertel' and 'das Quarter' both have to do with dividing something into four parts. 'Viertel' is the normal German word for one of four equal parts. You can use it in many situations, for example with quantities, time, or parts of a whole. 'Quarter' is a specific loanword and is mainly used in sports for a quarter of a game or in business for a quarter of a year. Learners may confuse the words because both refer to 'ein Viertel' (a quarter). In normal everyday language, you almost always say 'Viertel'; 'Quarter' is used only in certain technical, business, or sports contexts.
Im letzten Quarter hat die Mannschaft noch zehn Punkte gemacht.
In the last quarter, the team scored another ten points.
Ich habe nur ein Viertel der Pizza gegessen.
I only ate a quarter of the pizza.