Zeitgeist
See also: zeitgeist
English
editNoun
editZeitgeist (plural Zeitgeists or Zeitgeister)
- Alternative letter-case form of zeitgeist
Danish
editNoun
editZeitgeist
- Alternative letter-case form of zeitgeist
German
editEtymology
editZeit (“time”) + Geist (“ghost”), calque of Latin genius saeculī, commonly attributed to Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editZeitgeist m (strong, genitive Zeitgeistes or Zeitgeists, plural Zeitgeister)
- spirit of the age; zeitgeist
- 1769, Johann Gottfried Herder, “Ueber einige Klotzische Schriften”, in Kritische Wälder:
- Und eben dieser Fortgang des stillen Wachsthums ist der auf Münzen bemerkbar? Galt hier nicht einmal für alle Herkommen, Nationalgeschmack, der bleierne Druck des Zeitgeistes?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editDeclension of Zeitgeist [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Zeitgeist | die | Zeitgeister |
genitive | eines | des | Zeitgeistes, Zeitgeists | der | Zeitgeister |
dative | einem | dem | Zeitgeist, Zeitgeiste1 | den | Zeitgeistern |
accusative | einen | den | Zeitgeist | die | Zeitgeister |
1Now rare, see notes.
Descendants
edit- → English: zeitgeist
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “Zeitgeist” in Duden online
- “Zeitgeist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Zeitgeist on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Polish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from German Zeitgeist.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editZeitgeist m inan
Declension
editDeclension of Zeitgeist
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Zeitgeist | Zeitgeisty |
genitive | Zeitgeistu | Zeitgeistów |
dative | Zeitgeistowi | Zeitgeistom |
accusative | Zeitgeist | Zeitgeisty |
instrumental | Zeitgeistem | Zeitgeistami |
locative | Zeitgeiście | Zeitgeistach |
vocative | Zeitgeiście | Zeitgeisty |
Further reading
edit- Zeitgeist in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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