English has no word for "Zeitgeist".
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Zeitgeist
//ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst//
Synonyms for "zeitgeist" (34 found)
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Related words (17)
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6 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رُوح الْعَصْر noun (the spirit of the age)
Armenian
1 entries- ժամանակի ոգի noun (the spirit of the age)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 時代精神 /时代精神 noun (the spirit of the age)
Danish
2 entries- tidsånd noun (the spirit of the age)
- zeitgeist noun (the spirit of the age)
Dutch
1 entries- tijdgeest noun (the spirit of the age)
Esperanto
1 entries- spirito de la tempo noun (the spirit of the age)
Faroese
1 entries- tíðarandi noun (the spirit of the age)
Finnish
1 entries- ajan henki noun (the spirit of the age)
French
2 entries- air du temps noun (the spirit of the age)
- esprit du temps noun (the spirit of the age)
German
1 entries- Zeitgeist noun (the spirit of the age)
Greek
1 entries- πνεύμα των καιρών noun (the spirit of the age)
Hebrew
1 entries- צייטגייסט noun (the spirit of the age)
Hungarian
1 entries- korszellem noun (the spirit of the age)
Icelandic
1 entries- tíðarandi noun (the spirit of the age)
Italian
1 entries- spirito del tempo noun (the spirit of the age)
Japanese
1 entries- 時代精神 noun (the spirit of the age)
Kazakh
1 entries- заман рухы noun (the spirit of the age)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Zäitgeescht noun (the spirit of the age)
Macedonian
1 entries- дух на вре́мето noun (the spirit of the age)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tidsånd noun (the spirit of the age)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tidsånd noun (the spirit of the age)
Polish
1 entries- Zeitgeist noun (the spirit of the age)
Portuguese
1 entries- zeitgeist noun (the spirit of the age)
Romanian
2 entries- spiritul epocii noun (the spirit of the age)
- spiritul vremii noun (the spirit of the age)
Russian
1 entries- дух вре́мени noun (the spirit of the age)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- duh vremena noun (the spirit of the age)
- дух времена noun (the spirit of the age)
Spanish
2 entries- espíritu de la época noun (the spirit of the age)
- ánimo de la época noun (the spirit of the age)
Swedish
1 entries- tidsanda noun (the spirit of the age)
Thai
1 entries- ไซท์ไกสท์ noun (the spirit of the age)
Yiddish
1 entries- צײַטגײַסט noun (the spirit of the age)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The 90s were such a bleak dystopian hellscape that people like Bill Clinton and Tony Blair were the best some countries had to offer for "opposition" to the reactionary zeitgeist.
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The Zeitgeist changes very quickly.
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People's opinions depend on the Zeitgeist.
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