zeit
German, preposition
zeit is spelled Z-E-I-T (4 letters) and appears 977 times per million words in written German, the 104th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeit is a German preposition meaning “for the entire time of, during” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zeit is a different word: “time (as a concept)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mein ganzes Leben lang, solange ich lebe”.
What does zeit mean in English?
preposition
- 1
for the entire time of, during
Zeit ihrer Beziehung haben sie sich nie gestritten.
noun
- 1
femininetime (as a concept)
- 2
femininetime of day (clipping of Uhrzeit)
- 3
feminineperiod, era (time in the past)
- 4
femininestint (e.g. in the army)
- 5
femininetense
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der stetige Ablauf von Zeiteinheiten 2. begrenzter Abschnitt innerhalb des Ablaufes von Zeiteinheiten 3. bestimmter Moment im Ablauf von Zeiteinheiten 4. Gegenwart, das zeitliche Jetzt
preposition: 1. mein ganzes Leben lang, solange ich lebe
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zeit
- Zeiten plural
- Zeid alternative obsolete
- Zt. abbreviation
- t abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zeit in German?
zeit appears 977 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).