contemporary

zeitgenössisch, modern

Zur heutigen Zeit gehörend oder heutige Stile und Ideen verwendend.

In einfachem Englisch: Belonging to the present time or using the styles and ideas of today.

• She collects contemporary art.
• The course explores contemporary political issues.
• His house combines old furniture with contemporary design.

Synonyme: modern, present-day, current

Gegenteile: old-fashioned

Häufige Wendungen: contemporary art, contemporary music, contemporary society

gleichzeitig, zeitgenössisch

Zur selben Zeit wie jemand oder etwas anderes bestehend oder stattfindend.

In einfachem Englisch: Existing or happening at the same time as someone or something else.

• We studied contemporary accounts of the battle.
• The letters are contemporary with the events they describe.
• No contemporary records of her childhood survive.

So benutzt man es: contemporary with someone/something (These buildings are contemporary with the castle.)

Synonyme: contemporaneous

Häufige Wendungen: contemporary with something, contemporary accounts, contemporary sources

Zeitgenosse, Zeitgenossin

Eine Person, die zur selben Zeit wie eine andere lebt oder gelebt hat.

In einfachem Englisch: A person who lives or lived at the same time as another person.

• She was a contemporary of my grandfather.
• His contemporaries admired his work.
• The poet outlived most of her contemporaries.

So benutzt man es: a contemporary of someone (The painter was a contemporary of Mozart.)

Häufige Wendungen: a contemporary of, someone’s contemporary, younger contemporary