zeitnah
German, adjective/ˈtsaɪ̯tˌnaː/
zeitnah is spelled Z-E-I-T-N-A-H (7 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeitnah is a German adjective meaning “soon, timely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr bald in Bezug auf einen bestimmten Zeitpunkt”.
What does zeitnah mean in English?
adjective
- 1
soon, timely
- 2
datedcurrent, contemporary, zeitgeisty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr bald in Bezug auf einen bestimmten Zeitpunkt 2. einer bestimmten Zeit entsprechend
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 zeitnah
- zeitnaher masculine nominative singular
- zeitnäher comparative
- am zeitnächsten superlative
- zeitnahe feminine nominative singular
- zeitnahes neuter nominative singular
- zeitnahen genitive masculine singular
- zeitnahem dative masculine singular
- der zeitnahe definite includes-article masculine
- die zeitnahe definite feminine includes-article
- das zeitnahe definite includes-article neuter
- die zeitnahen definite includes-article nominative
- des zeitnahen definite genitive includes-article
- der zeitnahen definite feminine genitive
- dem zeitnahen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zeitnah?
- /ˈtsaɪ̯tˌnaː/
- [ˈt͡saɪ̯tˌnaː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zeitnah
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zeitnah in German?
zeitnah appears 4.9 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).