Noun
der Zeitgenosse
Pronunciation: /t͡saɪ̯tɡəˌnɔsə/
contemporary
C2
rank #11,180
plural Zeitgenossen
Meanings
Noun
- contemporary
Example sentence
Goethe und Schiller waren Zeitgenossen.
Goethe and Schiller were contemporaries.
Word forms
singular
der Zeitgenosse
plural
die Zeitgenossen
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.
Usage
- ein Zeitgenosse der Dichterin — Someone who lived at the same time as the poet.
- der Zeitgenosse / den Zeitgenossen — A weak masculine noun; -n outside nominative singular.
Ein Zeitgenosse beschrieb ihre Lesungen in seinen Erinnerungen.
A contemporary described her readings in his memoirs.