Zeitgenosse

German

Etymology

Zeit (“time”) +‎ Genosse (“partner”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Zeitgenosse m (weak, genitive Zeitgenossen, plural Zeitgenossen, feminine Zeitgenossin)

  1. contemporary
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 6, in Buddenbrooks […] ‎[1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 8, page 478:
      Aber bedenken Sie, wie Beethoven seine nach alter Weise gebildeten Zeitgenossen aus der Fassung gebracht hat …
      But remember how Beethoven himself affronted his contemporaries, who were brought up in the old way.

Declension

Declension of Zeitgenosse [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zeitgenosse die Zeitgenossen
genitive eines des Zeitgenossen der Zeitgenossen
dative einem dem Zeitgenossen den Zeitgenossen
accusative einen den Zeitgenossen die Zeitgenossen

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