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Zeit

Pronunciation: [t͡saɪ̯t]

“Zeit” is a German word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

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

Etymology

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.

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