Zit

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See also: zit, zīt, žit, žiť, žít, and zıt

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German zīt. Cognate to German Zeit.

Noun

Zit f (plural Zite, diminutive Zitli)

  1. time
    • 1869, Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin:
      Mahnt's erst und finster an d'Vergänglichkeit;
      Und's würd eim angst und schudrig, wemme denkt,
      Daß alles Werk, vo Menschehand erbaut,
      Im Lauf der Zit, seig's no so fest und schön,
      S'im endliche Verfall ergege goht.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

  • Nom., gen.obsolete or in fixed expressions, dat., acc. sg.: Zit
  • Nom., acc. pl.: Zite
  • Dat. pl.: Zite, (or regionally, if followed by a vowel) Zite'n

References

  • Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin. Schopfheim, 1869
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