Eisenzeit
German, noun/ˈaɪ̯zənˌtsaɪ̯t/
Eisenzeit is spelled E-I-S-E-N-Z-E-I-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eisenzeit is a German feminine noun meaning “Iron Age” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach der Steinzeit und der Bronzezeit die dritte Periode der Menschheitsgeschichte, in der man begann, Eisen…”.
What does Eisenzeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineIron Age
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nach der Steinzeit und der Bronzezeit die dritte Periode der Menschheitsgeschichte, in der man begann, Eisen für Werkzeuge und Waffen zu verwenden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Eisenzeit?
- /ˈaɪ̯zənˌtsaɪ̯t/
- [ˈaɪ̯zn̩ˌt͡saɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Eisenzeit in German?
Eisenzeit appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).