Zeit
Meaning
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- (feminine) time (as a concept)
- (feminine) time of day (clipping of Uhrzeit.)
- (feminine) period, era (time in the past)
- (feminine) stint (e.g. in the army)
- (feminine) tense
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[t͡saɪ̯t]
Etymology
From Middle High German zīt, from Old High German zīt, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis (“time, period”), from *deh₂y- (“divide”). Cognate with Low German Tiet, Tied, Dutch tijd, English tide, Danish tid, Norwegian tid, Swedish tid. Also cognate, more distantly, with English time.
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