Polyglot Dictionary

Blütezeit

/ˈblyːtəˌtsaɪ̯t/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Blütezeiten

Meaning

  1. heyday; flowering season

    Built from Blüte (blossom) + Zeit (time — as a quantity or a duration).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Blüte blossom
  • Zeit time — as a quantity or a duration

Similar words

Blüte

Blüte is a literal blossom or bloom; Blütezeit is used figuratively for a "heyday," the peak period of something's success, as well as literally for the flowering season.

Similar in other languages

English

peak

Close — a heyday is a peak.

English

bloom

Close — a flowering season is a bloom.

Practice

1 What does Blütezeit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Stadt war im 15. Jahrhundert.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Blütezeit?

nouncompound

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