tijdgeest

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === tijdsgeest === Etymology === From tijd (“time”) +‎ geest (“spirit”), a calque of German Zeitgeist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛi̯t.xeːst/ Hyphenation: tijd‧geest === Noun === tijdgeest m (plural tijdgeesten, no diminutive) the intellectual and spiritual trend or way of thinking in a society at a given time or age; zeitgeist === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “tijdgeest”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute