Zeitgeist
German, noun/ˈtsaɪ̯t.ɡaɪ̯st/
Zeitgeist is spelled Z-E-I-T-G-E-I-S-T (9 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeitgeist is a German masculine noun meaning “spirit of the age; zeitgeist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verbreitetes Gedankengut einer Generation oder Epoche; die Einstellung der meisten Leute einer bestimmten…”.
What does Zeitgeist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespirit of the age; zeitgeist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verbreitetes Gedankengut einer Generation oder Epoche; die Einstellung der meisten Leute einer bestimmten Gesellschaft zu einer bestimmten Zeit
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 Zeitgeist
- Zeitgeistes genitive
- Zeitgeists genitive
- Zeitgeister plural
- Zeitgeiste dative singular
- Zeitgeistern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeitgeist?
- /ˈtsaɪ̯t.ɡaɪ̯st/
- [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌɡaɪ̯st]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zeitgeist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zeitgeist in German?
Zeitgeist appears 3.8 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).