Zwischenzeit
German, noun/ˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌt͡saɪ̯t/
Zwischenzeit is spelled Z-W-I-S-C-H-E-N-Z-E-I-T (12 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwischenzeit is a German feminine noun meaning “meantime, interim (period), intervening period, (First, Second, and Third) Intermediate Period (of Ancient Egypt), interval” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeitraum zwischen zwei Zeitpunkten”.
What does Zwischenzeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeantime, interim (period), intervening period, (First, Second, and Third) Intermediate Period (of Ancient Egypt), interval
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeitraum zwischen zwei Zeitpunkten 2. gemessener Teilabschnitt einer länger dauernden Aktion
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 Zwischenzeit
- Zwischenzeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zwischenzeit?
- /ˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌt͡saɪ̯t/
- [ˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌt͡saɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zwischenzeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zwischenzeit in German?
Zwischenzeit appears 8.7 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).