contemporary

contemporary
1. adjective
zeitgenössisch; (present-day) heutig; zeitgenössisch

A is contemporary with B — A und B finden zur gleichen Zeit statt

2. noun
1) (person belonging to same time) Zeitgenosse, der/-genossin, die (to von)

we were contemporaries or he was a contemporary of mine at university/school — er war ein Studienkollege od. Kommilitone/Schulkamerad von mir

2) (person of same age) Altersgenosse, der/-genossin, die

they are contemporaries — sie sind gleichaltrig od. Altersgenossen

* * *
[kən'tempərəri] 1. adjective
1) (living at, happening at or belonging to the same period: That chair and the painting are contemporary - they both date from the seventeenth century.) gleichaltrig
2) (of the present time; modern: contemporary art.) zeitgenössisch
2. noun
(a person living at the same time: She was one of my contemporaries at university.) der Altersgenosse/die Altersgenossin
* * *
con·tem·po·rary
[kənˈtempərəri, AM -pəreri]
I. n
1. (from same period) Zeitgenosse, -genossin m, f
to be a \contemporary of sb ein Zeitgenosse m/eine Zeitgenossin von jdm sein
2. (of same age) Altersgenosse, -genossin m, f
II. adj attr
1. (from same period) zeitgenössisch
\contemporary accounts zeitgenössische Berichte
2. (modern) modern, zeitgenössisch
it still has a \contemporary feel to it es könnte ebenso gut aus der heutigen Zeit stammen
* * *
[k\@n'tempərərI]
1. adj
1) (= of the same time) events gleichzeitig; records, literature, writer zeitgenössisch; (= of the same age) manuscript gleich alt

records contemporary with the invasion — Aufzeichnungen aus der Zeit der Invasion

2) (= of the present time) life heutig; art, design zeitgenössisch, modern
2. n
Altersgenosse m/-genossin f; (in history) Zeitgenosse m/-genossin f; (at university) Kommilitone m, Kommilitonin f
* * *
contemporary [kənˈtempərərı; -prərı; US -pəˌreriː]
A adj (adv contemporarily)
1. zeitgenössisch:
a) heutig, unserer Zeit:
contemporary literature Gegenwartsliteratur f; academic.ru/35058/history">history 1
b) der damaligen Zeit
2. contemporaneous
3. gleichalt(e)rig
B s
1. Zeitgenosse m, -genossin f
2. Altersgenosse m, -genossin f
3. gleichzeitig erscheinende Zeitung, Konkurrenzblatt n
contemp. abk contemporary
* * *
1. adjective
zeitgenössisch; (present-day) heutig; zeitgenössisch

A is contemporary with B — A und B finden zur gleichen Zeit statt

2. noun
1) (person belonging to same time) Zeitgenosse, der/-genossin, die (to von)

we were contemporaries or he was a contemporary of mine at university/school — er war ein Studienkollege od. Kommilitone/Schulkamerad von mir

2) (person of same age) Altersgenosse, der/-genossin, die

they are contemporaries — sie sind gleichaltrig od. Altersgenossen

* * *
(woman) n.
Altersgenossin f. adj.
zeitnah adj. n.
Altersgenosse m.

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