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1 contemporary literature
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2 contemporary
1. adjectivezeitgenössisch; (present-day) heutig; zeitgenössisch2. nounA is contemporary with B — A und B finden zur gleichen Zeit statt
we were contemporaries or he was a contemporary of mine at university/school — er war ein Studienkollege od. Kommilitone/Schulkamerad von mir
they are contemporaries — sie sind gleichaltrig od. Altersgenossen
* * *[kən'tempərəri] 1. adjective1) (living at, happening at or belonging to the same period: That chair and the painting are contemporary - they both date from the seventeenth century.) gleichaltrig2) (of the present time; modern: contemporary art.) zeitgenössisch2. 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. nto be a \contemporary of sb ein Zeitgenosse m/eine Zeitgenossin von jdm sein1. (from same period) zeitgenössisch\contemporary accounts zeitgenössische Berichte2. (modern) modern, zeitgenössischit still has a \contemporary feel to it es könnte ebenso gut aus der heutigen Zeit stammen* * *[k\@n'tempərərI]1. adj1) (= of the same time) events gleichzeitig; records, literature, writer zeitgenössisch; (= of the same age) manuscript gleich altrecords contemporary with the invasion — Aufzeichnungen aus der Zeit der Invasion
2. nAltersgenosse m/-genossin f; (in history) Zeitgenosse m/-genossin f; (at university) Kommilitone m, Kommilitonin f* * *A adj (adv contemporarily)1. zeitgenössisch:a) heutig, unserer Zeit:b) der damaligen Zeit3. gleichalt(e)rigB s1. Zeitgenosse m, -genossin f2. Altersgenosse m, -genossin f3. gleichzeitig erscheinende Zeitung, Konkurrenzblatt n* * *1. adjectivezeitgenössisch; (present-day) heutig; zeitgenössisch2. nounwe were contemporaries or he was a contemporary of mine at university/school — er war ein Studienkollege od. Kommilitone/Schulkamerad von mir
they are contemporaries — sie sind gleichaltrig od. Altersgenossen
* * *(woman) n.Altersgenossin f. adj.zeitnah adj. n.Altersgenosse m. -
3 history
noun1) (continuous record) Geschichte, die2) no pl., no art. Geschichte, die; (study of past events) Geschichte, die; Geschichtswissenschaft, dieand the rest is history — und das Weitere ist [ja] bekannt
have a history of asthma/shoplifting — schon lange an Asthma leiden/eine Vorgeschichte als Ladendieb haben
4) (eventful past career) Geschichte, die* * *['histəri]plural - histories; noun1) (the study of events etc that happened in the past: She is studying British history; ( also adjective) a history lesson/book.) die Geschichte, Geschichts-...2) (a description usually in writing of past events, ways of life etc: I'm writing a history of Scotland.) die Geschichte3) ((the description of) the usually interesting events etc associated with (something): This desk/word has a very interesting history.) die Vergangenheit•- academic.ru/35048/historian">historian- historic
- historical
- historically
- make history* * *his·toryI. nour house has a colourful \history unser Haus hat eine schillernde Vergangenheitthe rest is \history der Rest ist Geschichte [o bekannt]sb's life \history jds Lebensgeschichteto go down in \history as sth als etw in die Geschichte eingehento make \history Geschichte schreiben2. ( fig)that's all \history das gehört alles der Vergangenheit anTina and Charles went out together for five years, but they're \history now Tina und Charles waren fünf Jahre ein Paar, aber jetzt sind sie nicht mehr zusammen; ( fam)if that bullet had found its mark you'd be \history by now wenn diese Kugel ihr Ziel nicht verfehlt hätte, wärst du jetzt mausetot famher family has a \history of heart problems Herzprobleme liegen bei ihr in der Familiethere's a long \history of industrial disputes at that factory betriebliche Auseinandersetzungen haben in dieser Fabrik eine lange Tradition\history question geschichtliche Frage* * *['hIstərI]n1) Geschichte f; (= study of history) Geschichte f, Geschichtswissenschaft fhistory has taught us that... —
to make history —
... and the rest is history —... und der Rest ist Geschichte
he's history — er ist schon lange vergessen or passé (inf)
2) (= personal record) Geschichte f3) (= background) Vorgeschichte fto know the history of an affair — den Hintergrund einer Affäre kennen
* * *history [ˈhıstərı; -trı] s1. Geschichte f:a) geschichtliche Vergangenheit oder Entwicklungb) Geschichtswissenschaft f, Historik f:contemporary history Zeitgeschichte;history of art Kunstgeschichte;history of civilization Kulturgeschichte;history of literature Literaturgeschichte;history of the mind Geistesgeschichte;history of religions Religionsgeschichte;go down in history in die Geschichte eingehen;make history Geschichte machen;the chair has a history der Stuhl hat eine (interessante) Vergangenheit;3. TECH Bearbeitungsvorgang m5. Lebensbeschreibung f, -lauf m7. historisches Drama8. Historienbild n9. COMPUT, INTERNET Verlauf m, Protokoll n* * *noun1) (continuous record) Geschichte, die2) no pl., no art. Geschichte, die; (study of past events) Geschichte, die; Geschichtswissenschaft, dieand the rest is history — und das Weitere ist [ja] bekannt
have a history of asthma/shoplifting — schon lange an Asthma leiden/eine Vorgeschichte als Ladendieb haben
4) (eventful past career) Geschichte, die* * *n.Geschichte f.Historie -n f.Werdegang m.
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