Polyglot Dictionary

Zeitalter

/ˈtsaɪtˌʔaltɐ/

das 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 Zeitalter

Meaning

  1. era, age

    • Wir leben im digitalen Zeitalter.

      We live in the digital age.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Epoche

Close synonyms for a historical era; Zeitalter (literally "time-age") leans toward a very long, broad age (the digital age), Epoche toward a more defined historical period.

Practice

1 What does Zeitalter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir leben im digitalen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zeitalter?

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