Zeitzeuge
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German
Etymology
Zeit (“time”) + Zeuge (“witness”), popularized in the 1970s.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zeitzeuge m (weak, genitive Zeitzeugen, plural Zeitzeugen, feminine Zeitzeugin)
- (partly history) contemporary witness
- 2023 May 8, Jana Hensel, quoting Katja Hoyer, “Das Interesse an deutscher Geschichte ist groß”, in Die Zeit:
- Dass es noch Millionen von Menschen gibt, die potenzielle Zeitzeugen sind. Das kann man nicht ignorieren, deshalb nehmen die Erinnerungen von Zeitzeugen bei mir einen großen Raum ein. Ich habe viele Gespräche mit ehemaligen DDR-Bürgern geführt und stelle ihre Biografien neben die historischen Darstellungen.
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Declension
Declension of Zeitzeuge
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Zeitzeuge | die | Zeitzeugen |
| genitive | eines | des | Zeitzeugen | der | Zeitzeugen |
| dative | einem | dem | Zeitzeugen | den | Zeitzeugen |
| accusative | einen | den | Zeitzeugen | die | Zeitzeugen |