Posted by Johnboy at 142-pool9.ras11.calan-i.tii-dial.net on May 25, 2002 at 14:14:06:
In Reply to: Literally... posted by ArKay on May 25, 2002 at 13:58:50:
It's German. Zeit = Time, Geist = spirit, ghost, essence...etc.
Next up: Weltanschauung = World View. Wanderjahr = travel year, or, go to europe after you graduate from college because you've got wanderlust then.
This lesson brought to you by a US guy's desire to read German science fiction. No lie. And don't ask, or I'll start telling you (g).
John
: it means "the spirit of the age".