Zit
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Alternative forms
- Ziit, Zyt
Etymology
From Middle High German zīt. Cognate to German Zeit.
Noun
Zit f (plural Zite, diminutive Zitli)
- time
- 1869, Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin:
- Mahnt's erst und finster an d'Vergänglichkeit;
Und's würd eim angst und schudrig, wemme denkt,
Daß alles Werk, vo Menschehand erbaut,
Im Lauf der Zit, seig's no so fest und schön,
S'im endliche Verfall ergege goht.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
- Nom., gen.obsolete or in fixed expressions, dat., acc. sg.: Zit
- Nom., acc. pl.: Zite
- Dat. pl.: Zite, (or regionally, if followed by a vowel) Zite'n
Related terms
- zitig
- Zitig
- Hochzit (Hochzyt)
References
- Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin. Schopfheim, 1869
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