Vocabulary
die
Epoche
/eˈpɔxə/· noun· Pl. die Epochen
era, epoch, period
Literature and art history are told in Epochen: Biedermeier, Wiener Moderne, Nachkriegszeit.
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Forms
- Singular
- die Epoche
- Plural
- die Epochen
- Genitiv
- der Epoche
One word, many lives
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Epoche
(historical or artistic) era
Das Stück entstand in der Epoche des Biedermeier.
The play was written in the Biedermeier era.
Word family
Epocheepochalepoch-making, momentousdie Literaturepochethe literary periodder Epochenumbruchthe epochal change
Common combinations
- eine Epoche prägento shape an era
- Epoche machento make history, to be epoch-making
- einer Epoche zuordnento assign to a period
Real examples
- Kaum eine Epoche hat Wien so geprägt wie die Zeit um 1900.Hardly any era shaped Vienna as much as the years around 1900.
- Welcher Epoche würdest du das Gemälde zuordnen?Which period would you assign the painting to?
- Das Biedermeier war eine Epoche des Rückzugs ins Private.Biedermeier was an era of retreat into private life.
