Zeit

See also: zéit, zèit, and zeit

German

Alternative forms

Zeid (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-y(eti)

Proto-Indo-European *-y(éti)

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis

Proto-Indo-European *dih₂tís

Proto-Germanic *tīdiz

Proto-West Germanic *tīdi

Old High German zīt

Middle High German zīt

German Zeit

Inherited from Middle High German zīt, from Old High German zīt, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dih₂tís, from *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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡saɪ̯t]
- Audio: (file)
- Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
- Audio (Austria); “die Zeit”: (file)
Rhymes: -aɪ̯t
Homophone: zeit
Hyphenation: Zeit

Noun

Zeit f (genitive Zeit, plural Zeiten)

time (as a concept)
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 29; republished as Helen T. Lowe-Porter, transl., The Magic Mountain, 1927:
  „Aber die Zeit muß euch eigentlich schnell hier vergehen“, meinte Hans Castorp. „Schnell und langsam, wie du nun willst“, antwortete Joachim. „Sie vergeht überhaupt nicht, will ich dir sagen, es ist gar keine Zeit, und es ist auch kein Leben […]
  “But time must go fast, living up here,” was Hans Castorp's view. “Fast and slow, as you take it,” answered Joachim. “It doesn't go at all, I tell you. You can't call it time—and you can't call it living either! […]
time of day (clipping of Uhrzeit)
period, era (time in the past)
- 1978 , Heinz Kloss, Die Entwicklung neuer germanischer Kultursprachen seit 1800 (Sprache der Gegenwart 37), 2nd ed., p. 192 (cp. p. 181):
  In der mittelniedersächsischen Zeit war das Sassische [= Niedersächsische (Nds.)] auch hier die Schriftsprache. Doch war sie nicht ganz so stark vom Mittelniedersächsischen Lübischer Prägung beeinflußt wie in Norddeutschland.
  In the Middle Low Saxon time/period, Low Saxon was the written language here too. However, it was not quite as strongly influenced by the Middle Low Saxon of Lübian character as it was in Northern Germany.
stint (e.g. in the army)
(grammar) tense

Declension

Declension of *Zeit* [feminine]
	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zeit	die	Zeiten
genitive	einer	der	Zeit	der	Zeiten
dative	einer	der	Zeit	den	Zeiten
accusative	eine	die	Zeit	die	Zeiten

Hypernyms

Dimension

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of Zeit

Abendmahlzeit (“supper, evening meal”)
Abendzeit (“eventide”)
Abfahrtszeit
Abflugzeit
Adventszeit (“Advent Season”)
Altsteinzeit (“Paleolithic Age, Old Stone Age”)
Amtszeit
Anfangszeit (“early days; start time, beginning time, scheduled start”)
Anlaufzeit (“start-up time [tech.]; period of adjustment [for a person]”)
Antwortzeit (“response time”) (tech.)
Arbeitszeit
Aufwärmzeit (“warm-up time”) (sport)
Ausbildungszeit (“training time”)
Ausdehnungszeit (“expanse of time, timespan”) (rare)
Auszeit
Backzeit (“baking time”)
Barockzeit (“baroque period”)
Bauzeit
Bearbeitungszeit (“turnaround time”) (delivery)
Bedenkzeit
Berichtszeit (“reporting period”) (uncommon)
Besatzungszeit (“time of occupation”) (military)
Besuchszeit (“visiting hour”)
Betriebszeit (“operating time, uptime”) (factory, machine)
Bewährungszeit (“time of parole, probation period”) (penology)
Blütezeit
Brennzeit (“burning time”)
Bronzezeit
Brotzeit (“snack break”)
Brunstzeit (“rutting time”) (zoology)
Brutzeit (“breeding time, hatching time”) (ornithology)
Dienstzeit (“duty period, term of military service”)
Durchlaufzeit (“lead time; processing time”) (publishing)
Echtzeit
Eigenzeit (“proper time”) (relativity in physics)
Einsatzzeit (“period of use”) (uncommon)
Einschwingzeit (“transient time, settling time”) (engineering)
Eisenzeit
Eiszeit
Elternzeit (“parental leave”) (work)
Endzeit
Entstehungszeit
Entwicklungszeit (“development time, time of development”)
Entwurfszeit (“design time”)
Erntezeit (“harvest time, harvest season”)
Essenzeit (“mealtime”)
Expansionszeit (“expansion time”) (uncommon)
Explosionszeit (“burst time”) (computing)
Fahrzeit (“journey time, travelling time”)
Fastenzeit
Ferienzeit (“holiday period, holiday season”)
Flugzeit (“flight time”)
Folgezeit
Freizeit
Friedenszeit
Frühlingszeit (“spring time”)
Frühzeit
Garzeit (“cooking time”) (in cooking that doesn't involve boiling)
Gesamtlaufzeit (“total run-time”)
Glanzzeit (“heyday”)
Gleitzeit
Gründerzeit (“founders period: period of history in Germany and Austria from 1840s to 1873”)
Haftzeit (“period of imprisonment”) (uncommon)
Halbwertszeit
Halbzeit
Hallstattzeit (“Hallstatt period”)
Hauptsendezeit (“prime time, prime-time”) (TV)
Hauptzeit (“main time: limited period during a business day within which higher fees for the use of services are required”)
Herbstzeit (“fall time, autumn time”)
Inflationszeit (“period of inflation”)
Inkubationszeit (“incubation period/time”) (pathology)
Ionisationszeit, Ionisierungszeit (“ionization time”) (chemistry)
Jagdzeit (“hunting season, shooting season”)
Jahreszeit
Jetztzeit
Jugendzeit (“adolescence”) (archaic)
Kaiserzeit
Karenzzeit (“cooling-off period [consumership]; waiting period [insurance, vesting]; grace period [parental leave from work]”)
Keimzeit (“germination period”) (botany)
Kinderzeit
Kochzeit (“cooking time”)
Kolonialzeit (“colonial period, colonial era, colonial age, colonial times”)
Kreidezeit
Kriegszeit
Ladezeit (“load time; charge time, charging time”) (computing, technology)
Latènezeit (“La Tène period”) (history)
Latenzzeit
Laufzeit
Lebenszeit
Lebzeiten
Lehrzeit (“apprenticeship”)
Leidenszeit (“period of suffering, time of suffering, long drawn-out misery”)
Lernzeit (“study time”)
Lieferzeit (“delivery time”)
Liegezeit (“period of lay days, time spent at harbor”)
Lüftungszeit (“time of ventilation”)
Mahlzeit
Militärzeit (“military service period”)
Mittagszeit
Nachtzeit
Nazizeit (“Nazi era”)
Nebenzeit (“secondary tense”) (linguistics)
Neuzeit
Notzeit
Öffnungszeit
Ortszeit (“local time”)
Osterzeit (“Eastertide, the Easter season”)
Paarungszeit
Parkplatzsuchzeit (“time it takes to find a parking space”)
Pfingstzeit (“time of Pentecost, the week of Pentecost”)
Pionierzeit (“pioneering days, early time”)
Probezeit (“probationary period, trial period”) (workplace)
Reaktionszeit
Rechenzeit (“computation time, computing time”)
Redezeit (“speaking time: time allotted for a speaker”)
Regelarbeitszeit (“standard work time”)
Regenzeit
Regierungszeit (“ruling time: the time a ruler or leader has been in a position of power”)
Reifezeit (“maturation period, ripening period”)
Reisezeit (“travel season, holiday/vacation/tourist season”)
Rennzeit (“race time, racing time”)
Residenzzeit (“residence time”) (engineering)
Restlaufzeit (“residual maturity, remaining maturity, remaining term”) (finance)
Römerzeit
Ruhezeit (“rest period”)
Rüstzeit (“setup time”) (technology)
Saure-Gurken-Zeit
Schlafenszeit
Schonzeit
Schulzeit
Schwärmzeit (“swarming time”) (beekeeping)
Sendezeit (“airtime, broadcasting time”)
Siegerzeit (“winning time”)
Sommerzeit
Spätzeit (“late period; end of a time period”) (history)
Sperrzeit (“lock time: closing time of a restaurant or bar; waiting period for unemployment benefits”)
Spielzeit
Sprechstundenzeit (“Office Hours period”) (education)
Sprechzeit
Steinzeit
Stoßzeit
Studienzeit (“student days, college days, school days; years spent studying”)
Suchzeit (“seek time, search time”) (computing)
Tageszeit
Taktzeit (“cycle time”) (production assembly, manufacturing)
Tatzeit (“crime time, time of a crime”)
Teilzeit
Tischzeit (“midday mealtime”)
Tornadozeit (“tornado season”)
Tragzeit (“gestation period”) (zoology)
Trockenzeit
Übergangszeit (“transitional period, transition period, interim period”)
Uhrzeit
Unterrichtszeit (“teaching period, teaching time”)
Unzeit
Urlaubszeit (“vacation time; vacation season”)
Urnenfelderzeit (“Urnfield culture period”) (history)
Urzeit
Verkehrszeit (“traffic time, traffic period”)
Völkerwanderungszeit (“Migration Period”) (history)
Vollzeit
Vorbereitungszeit (“preparation time”)
Vorzeit
Wartezeit
Weihnachtszeit
Wendezeit (“Turnaround Period: the period surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of Communism in Eastern Europe”) (history)
Werbezeit (“ad time, advertising time”)
Winterzeit
Wirkzeit (“effect time: how long it takes for something to affect a person like a drug or medication”)
Zwischenzeit
Zykluszeit (“cycle time”) (manufacturing, technology)

Derived terms

zeit

Derived nouns from Zeit

Proper noun

Zeit m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Zeits or (with an article) Zeit, feminine genitive Zeit, plural Zeits)

a surname