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"It's quarter past six." in German is

Es ist Viertel nach sechs.



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Analysis
Es
     n. (music) E-flat
     n. (psychoanalysis) id
     pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
          Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table.
          Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it.
ist
     v. third-person singular present of sein
     sein
          v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
               Das ist schön. - That is beautiful.
               Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car.
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
               Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i
Viertel
     n. (fractional) quarter, fourth
     n-n. (clipping of Stadtviertel); quarter, neighbourhood (of a town or city)
     num. a quarter of something (used as an indeclinable adjective)
          ein viertel Kilogramm. - a quarter of a kilogram.
          eine viertel Million. - a quarter of a million.
nach
     prep. after, past (later in time)
          Viertel nach sechs (a quarter past six)
          nach einer Woche (after a week)
     prep. after, behind (in sequence)
          B kommt nach A. (B comes after A.)
Sechs
     n-f. six
     n-f. A failing grade in a class or course at school. The grades range from 1 (best) to 6 (worst).
     num. (cardinal) six (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 6; or describing a set with six elements)