Vokabahn

Zeitgeschichte

Vokabahn
Words
Word library

Noun

die Zeitgeschichte

Pronunciation: /t͡saɪ̯tɡəˌʃɪçtə/

contemporary history

C1 rank #7,710

Meanings

Noun
  1. contemporary history

Example sentence

Das Seminar behandelt die deutsche Zeitgeschichte nach 1945.

The seminar deals with contemporary German history after 1945.

Word forms

singular die Zeitgeschichte

No common plural.

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedie Zeitgeschichte
Accusativedie Zeitgeschichte
Dativeder Zeitgeschichte
Genitiveder Zeitgeschichte

Zeitgeschichte has no common plural.

Usage

  • die deutsche Zeitgeschichte — Contemporary German history.
  • Zeitgeschichte / Tagesgeschehen — Historical study of the recent past versus current daily events.
Extra sentence

Für ihre Arbeit zur Zeitgeschichte befragte sie ältere Einwohner.

For her work on contemporary history, she interviewed older residents.