Zäit

See also: zait

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German *zīd, northern variant of zīt, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz. Cognate with German Zeit, Dutch tijd, English tide, West Frisian tiid, Icelandic tíð.

The plural Zäiten was adapted to the singular; the inherited form would have been *Zeiden. The prevocalic stem zeid- remains in zeideg (“ripe”), with the doublet zäiteg (“timely”) formed after the underlying noun. The third stem zeit- in Zeitung (“newspaper”) is borrowed from German (displacing obsolete Luxembourgish Zeideng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsæi̯t/, [t͡sæˑɪt]
• Rhymes: -æːɪt

Noun

Zäit f (plural Zäiten, diminutive Zäitchen)

1. time
2. epoch, era

Derived terms

• zäiteg
• zäitlech
• zeideg
• zeidegen

Related terms

• Zeitung