Zeit

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) time (as a concept)
2. (feminine) time of day (clipping of Uhrzeit)
3. (feminine) period, era (time in the past)
4. (feminine) stint (e.g. in the army)
5. (feminine) tense

Name

a surname

Concepts

time

⌚

age

tense

era

hour

epoch

period

moment

date

📅

season

term

hours

while

instant

years

tide

terms

second

2nd

minute

place

shortly

soil

soon

🔜

space

spirit of the age

thyme

time and again

time and time again

time limit

time of the year

times

trends

weather

world

🗺️

Father Time

grammatical tense

point in time

suitable time

date and time

counter for generations

time

⌚

time

⌚

time

⌚

time

⌚

time

⌚

time

⌚

time

⌚

farewell

time

⌚

aeon

Synonyms

Tempus

Periode

Stunde

Epoche

Zeitalter

Zeitpunkt

Zeitraum

Moment

Uhrzeit

⌚

Jahreszeit

Gelegenheit

Ära

Frist

Zeitform

Jahre

Uhr

Phase

Zeitspanne

Dauer

Tag

Zeiten

Zeitabschnitt

Weile

Saison

Zeitlang

Zeitdauer

Laufzeit

Termin

📅

Abstand

Zeitabstand

Spanne

Datum

📅

Tage und Monate

Zeitdifferenz

Intervall

Takt

Tempo

Torschluss

Zeittendenz

Zeitströmung

Zeitstimmung

Tag und Stunde

Abschnitt

Zeitintervall

Alter

Anlass

Boden

derzeit

durchgehend

Erde

Translations

tiempo

⌚

temps

⌚

tempo

⌚

tijd

⌚

zaman

⌚

tempo

⌚

tempus

⌚

temps

⌚

χρόνος

hora

vakit

⌚

heure

saat

⌚

moment

Dialects

Zürich

ziit

Lucerne

ziit

Zürich

zit

Graubünden

ziit

Fribourg

zyt

Appenzell Innerrhoden

zit

Basel-Landschaft

zyt

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

[t͡saɪ̯t]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: zīt

Inherited from Old High German: zīt

Cognate with Low German: Tiet

Cognate with Dutch: tijd

Cognate with English: tide

Cognate with Danish: tid

Cognate with Norwegian: tid

Cognate with Swedish: tid

Cognate with English: time

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis
Proto-Germanic *tīdiz
Proto-West Germanic *tīdi
Old High German zīt
Middle High German zīt
German Zeit
Inherited from Middle High German zīt, from Old High German zīt, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis.
Cognate with Low German Tiet, Tied, Dutch tijd, English tide, Danish tid, Norwegian tid, Swedish tid. Also cognate, more distantly, with English time.

Sentences

Die Zeit ist abgelaufen .

The time has expired.

Einzig mit seiner Enkelin verbringt er noch Zeit .

He only spends time with his granddaughter.

Mit der Zeit lernt man Leute einzuschätzen .

Over time, you learn to assess people.

Zu dieser Zeit verließ Kevin Donlon die Band .

At that time Kevin Donlon left the band.

Aber die Protagonisten finden trotz aller Probleme auch Zeit , ihr Leben zu genießen .

But despite all the problems, the protagonists also find time to enjoy their lives.

Der Versuch scheiterte allerdings binnen kurzer Zeit .

However, the attempt failed within a short time.