Nomen

die Epoche

epoch, era, age

Die Romantik war eine wichtige Epoche.

Romanticism was an important epoch.

Wir leben in einer digitalen Epoche.

We live in a digital era.

((in)) ((an)) epoch to live in an epoch

Synonyms: Ära, Zeitalter, Periode

From Greek 'epokhē' (a stop, a fixed point in time), related to 'epechein' (to hold on, stop).

Think of an 'epic' story that defines a historical 'epoch'.

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