"Urzeit" meaning in German

See Urzeit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈuːrˌtsaɪ̯t/, [ˈʔu(ː)ɐ̯ˌt͡saɪ̯t] Audio: De-Urzeit.ogg
Etymology: ur- + Zeit (“time”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|de|ur|Zeit|t2=time}} ur- + Zeit (“time”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Urzeit f (genitive Urzeit, plural Urzeiten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Urzeit [genitive], Urzeiten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Urzeit [nominative, singular], Urzeiten [definite, nominative, plural], Urzeit [genitive, singular], Urzeiten [definite, genitive, plural], Urzeit [dative, singular], Urzeiten [dative, definite, plural], Urzeit [accusative, singular], Urzeiten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a very long-ago age, a very early era (e.g. in the history of humanity or the earth) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Urzeit-de-noun-9MGy0Jep Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26
  2. (informal, figurative, usually in the plural) a very long time, an eternity Tags: feminine, figuratively, informal, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-Urzeit-de-noun-WV0mkNSw Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with ur-, Time Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with ur-: 23 77 Disambiguation of Time: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Zeitabschnitt, Zeitalter, Neuzeit, Eisenzeit, Bronzezeit, Steinzeit, Uhrzeit

Inflected forms

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          "english": "I waited ages for you.",
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        "(informal, figurative, usually in the plural) a very long time, an eternity"
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          "english": "I waited ages for you.",
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}

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