Zeitung

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German

Zeitungen

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tīdinge, whence is borrowed Middle High German zīdunge (West Central German), from Proto-West Germanic *tīdungō (“message”), from the verb *tīdōjan (“to happen”), from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz (“time, interval”). From this the later Upper German form zītunge, and then the modern form.

Compare Dutch tijding, English tiding, Swedish tidning, Hunsrik Zeidung, Yiddish צײַטונג (tsaytung).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋ/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋk/ (some speakers, chiefly northern Germany)
  • Hyphenation: Zei‧tung
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Noun

Zeitung f (genitive Zeitung, plural Zeitungen)

  1. newspaper
  2. (archaic) tidings, news

Declension

Declension of Zeitung
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Zeitung die Zeitungen
genitive einer der Zeitung der Zeitungen
dative einer der Zeitung den Zeitungen
accusative eine die Zeitung die Zeitungen

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Further reading

  • “Zeitung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Zeitung” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Zeitung. The inherited Luxembourgish cognate is obsolete Zeideng (“tidings”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Zeitung f (plural Zeitungen)

  1. newspaper

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