Er ist dieses Jahr drei Zentimeter gewachsen.

English Translation

He has grown three centimeters this year.

Echt? Mit Zett?

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Echt? Mit Zett?

Jepp. Mit Zett.

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This word is rarely ever written so I actually had to check it first, turns out Centimeter isn’t in use for 120 years by now. For some reason though, we maintained the cm as the abbreviation, and that is how you’ll see the word being used mostly.