"Zeitalter" meaning in German

See Zeitalter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtsaɪ̯tˌʔaltɐ/ Audio: De-Zeitalter.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Zeit (“time”) + Alter (“age”) Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Zeit<t:time>|Alter<t:age>}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*tīdiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*tīdi", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "zīt", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "zīt", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Zeit", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }, { "gloss" : "age", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Alter", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Zeitalter", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Zeitalter">, {{compound|de|Zeit|Alter|t1=time|t2=age}} Zeit (“time”) + Alter (“age”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Zeitalter n (strong, genitive Zeitalters, plural Zeitalter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Zeitalters [genitive], Zeitalter [plural], strong [table-tags], Zeitalter [nominative, singular], Zeitalter [definite, nominative, plural], Zeitalters [genitive, singular], Zeitalter [definite, genitive, plural], Zeitalter [dative, singular], Zeitaltern [dative, definite, plural], Zeitalter [accusative, singular], Zeitalter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. age; era (historic period of time) Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Ära, Epoche

Inflected forms

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