Zeitgeist
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English
Noun
Zeitgeist (plural Zeitgeists or Zeitgeister)
- Alternative letter-case form of zeitgeist
Danish
Noun
Zeitgeist
- Alternative letter-case form of zeitgeist
German
Etymology
Zeit (“time”) + Geist (“ghost”), calque of Latin genius saeculī, commonly attributed to Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803).
Pronunciation
Noun
Zeitgeist 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
Declension of Zeitgeist
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- → English: zeitgeist
See also
Further reading
- “Zeitgeist” in Duden online
- “Zeitgeist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Zeitgeist on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Zeitgeist.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zeitgeist m inan
Declension
Declension 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
- Zeitgeist in Polish dictionaries at PWN