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Jahrhundert

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Manchmal benutzt man auch Ausdrücke wie Epoche oder Zeitalter.

Sometimes one also uses expressions such as epoch or age.

Damit meint man oft Zeiträume, die viel länger dauern.

By this, one often means periods that last much longer.

Man will sie vielleicht auch nach etwas Bestimmten benennen, das für die damalige Zeit sehr wichtig oder typisch war.

One may also want to name these periods after something specific that was very important or typical for that time.

Zum Beispiel spricht man der Steinzeit oder vom Industriezeitalter.

For example, one speaks of the Stone Age or the Industrial Age.

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Zeitalter

epoch, age, era Plural: die Zeitalter (unchanged) age; era (historic period of time) C2/ˈtsaɪ̯tˌʔaltɐ/

Epoche

epoch, era Plural: die Epochen epoch C2/eˈpɔχə/

Industriezeitalter← das Industriezeitalter

industrial age Compound noun: Industrie (industry) + Zeitalter (age)

Grammar in this text

Pronominal adverb (da-compound)

Damit meint man oft Zeiträume,

'Damit' is a pronominal adverb meaning 'with that' (da + mit). It refers back to previously mentioned nouns or ideas and is common in formal/written German to connect sentences.

Relative clause with verb at the end

Zeiträume, die viel länger dauern.

The relative pronoun 'die' (plural, referring to 'Zeiträume') introduces a subordinate clause. The conjugated verb 'dauern' moves to the final position in the relative clause.

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