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Zeitgenosse

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Noun

der Zeitgenosse

Pronunciation: /t͡saɪ̯tɡəˌnɔsə/

contemporary

The German noun Zeitgenosse means contemporary in English.

C2 rank #11,135 plural Zeitgenossen

All meanings of Zeitgenosse

Noun
  1. contemporary

Zeitgenosse in a German sentence

Goethe und Schiller waren Zeitgenossen.

Goethe and Schiller were contemporaries.

Forms of Zeitgenosse

singular der Zeitgenosse
plural die Zeitgenossen

Zeitgenosse in the four cases

Singular

Nominativeder Zeitgenosse
Accusativeden Zeitgenossen
Dativedem Zeitgenossen
Genitivedes Zeitgenossen

Plural

Nominativedie Zeitgenossen
Accusativedie Zeitgenossen
Dativeden Zeitgenossen
Genitiveder Zeitgenossen

Zeitgenosse is a weak masculine noun: every case except the nominative singular takes the same ending.