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Definition: Zeitgeist |
ZeitgeistNoun1. The spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Zeitgeist \Zeit"geist`\, noun. [G.; zeit time geist spirit. See Tide, noun; Ghost, noun.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Noun: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Zeitgeist |
| Non-English Usage: "Zeitgeist" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (zeitgeist). |
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Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Zeitgeist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zeitgeist" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 29 | 64,444 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
zeitgeist | 58 |
gallery zeitgeist | 7 |
google zeitgeist | 6 |
zeitgeist film | 6 |
legend urban zeitgeist | 5 |
francisco san zeitgeist | 5 |
co zeitgeist | 4 |
definition zeitgeist | 3 |
theater zeitgeist | 3 |
picture zeitgeist | 2 |
end google year zeitgeist | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Zeitgeist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | духът на времето. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 时代精神. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | duch èasu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | زمان (Date, Moment, Time), روال (Rubric), رزحیه یاطرزفکریک عصریادوره . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zeitgeist. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | korszellem (spirit of the age). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spirito del tempo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | spyrryd lhing. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eitgeistzay espírito de época. (various references) дух времени (genius). (various references) duh vremena. (various references) genel görüş. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Zeitgeist": zeitgeists. (additional references) | |
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"Zeitgeist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: zeigeist, zeitgeit, zeitgelst, zeitgesst, zeitgest, zeitgiest, zeitgist, zeithgeist, zetgeist, zietgeist, zietgiest, zietgist, zitegeist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Zeitgeist" (pronounced tsī"tgī'st) |
| 4 | -g ī' s t | poltergeist. |
| 3 | -ī' s t | overpriced, sacrificed, underpriced. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-i-s-t-t-z" | |
-4 letters: egest, geest, geste, seize, siege, titis, zitis. | |
-5 letters: egis, gees, geez, gest, gets, gies, gist, gits, sett, site, size, stet, tees, tegs, test, tets, ties, titi, tits, zees, zest, zigs, ziti, zits. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-i-s-t-t-z" | |
+1 letter: zeitgeists. | |
+4 letters: anesthetizing, legitimatizes. | |
+5 letters: aestheticizing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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