How do you spell Zeitgeist?
Correct spelling
zeitgeist
From German Zeit (time) + Geist (spirit). The spirit of the age.
Why is zeitgeist spelled this way?
From German Zeit, time and Geist, spirit. The intellectual and cultural climate of an era — another concept English borrowed wholesale because no English word captured it.
Common misspellings of zeitgeist
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Example
The film perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the 1980s.