stunden

Reflecting on the situation afterwards, I remembered that I had told him, among other things, that I had walked nearly fifty "stunden" {17} in a day.

Letters to His Friends Forbes Robinson

Teater: Den svåra stunden, tre enaktare: Modern teater, Synpunkter och angrepp.

Pär Lagerkvist - Bibliography 1951

In reckoning distances, the Germans count by “stunden” — _i. e._ hours — and two “stunden” make one German mile.

A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

It may be right to mention, that a German mile is divided into two stunden, or hours, and the natural inference would be, that it would occupy two hours to walk a mile.

A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

From Goldentraum there were still twenty English miles to Brünn, the capital of Moravia, and thence thirty-eight German stunden, or about eighty English miles, to Vienna.

A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

This is not the case, for a stunden can generally be traversed in three quarters of an hour; but the German miles are not uniform, and I well remember one terribly long one between Brünn and Vienna, which was more than two hours walk.

A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

Wor ðe seli folc reste dede. ðor he stunden til helpe cam.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

Schicken sie mir doch ihrem spiegel, der naechts ihrem fenster haengt auf ein paar stunden der meinige ist gebrochen, haben sie zugleich die Guete haben wolten mir noch heute einen solchen zu kaufen so erzeigten sie mir einen grossen Gefallen.

Beethoven A Character Study Fischer, George A 1905

As it was said, however, to be no more than three or four stunden distant, we did not think that we were required to make any extraordinary exertions, and the river looked so tempting, that, in spite of the landlord's advice to the contrary, we resolved to try it.

Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II 1842

We accordingly proceeded to the post-office; where, on consulting the head of the department, we learned that about two stunden, -- that is, about six English miles further, on the way to Hoen Elbe, was a place called

Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II 1842