Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zeitgeister

/ˈt͡saɪtɡaɪstɐ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zeit-geis-ter
IPA: /ˈt͡saɪtɡaɪstɐ/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of zeitgeist

noun

plural of Zeitgeist

Example Sentences

"Ages, Zeitgeister, national, and racial minds seem to me to have outlived their usefulness, if they ever had any…"
"In its largest dimension the dual theme of the novella is an historical antithesis: two ages, two Zeitgeister stand tensely opposed to each other in the painful period of transition."
"The moral to this anomaly may be that Zeitgeister are unreliable because afflicted with tunnel vision."
"There is also a sense in which particular Zeitgeister may have an impact upon facets of the results that are gleaned from an empirical study."

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈt͡saɪtɡaɪstɐ/

Frequently Paired Words

poltergeister

Questions

How do you pronounce zeitgeister?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡saɪtɡaɪstɐ/.
What does zeitgeister mean?: plural of zeitgeist

How to pronounce zeitgeister

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