Nomen

der Zeitgenosse

contemporary

Goethe und Schiller waren Zeitgenossen.

Goethe and Schiller were contemporaries.

Viele Zeitgenossen kritisieren seine Kunst.

Many contemporaries criticize his art.

a contemporary of sb. He was a contemporary of Beethoven.

Synonyms: contemporary; Antonyms: ancestor, descendant

Composed of 'Zeit' (time) and 'Genosse' (comrade). Literally a 'time comrade'.

Think of people who are your 'comrades' in the same 'time' period.

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