Polyglot Dictionary

Eiszeit

/ˈaɪ̯sˌtsaɪ̯t/

die noun B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Eiszeiten

Meaning

  1. ice age

    • In der Eiszeit war Europa vergletschert.

      During the ice age Europe was glaciated.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

ère glaciaire

ère glaciaire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "ice age."

Portuguese

era glacial

era glacial is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "ice age."

Practice

1 What does Eiszeit mean?

2 Fill the gap: In der ___ war Europa vergletschert.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Eiszeit?

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