Polyglot Dictionary

Gegenwart

/ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌvaʁt/

die noun B1

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

Meaning

  1. present, presence

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Präsens

Präsens is the grammatical term for the present tense; Gegenwart is the general concept of "the present," right now in time.

Practice

1 What does Gegenwart mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir leben in der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gegenwart?

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