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Where does “Zeitung” come from?

Zeitung (German) comes from Middle Dutch tīdinge.

Zeitung (German): newspaper; tidings, news

Definitions

  1. newspaper; tidings, news

Ancestry of “Zeitung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchtīdinge—

Words derived from “Zeitung”

  • Tageszeitung
  • Wochenzeitung
  • cajtungi
  • cajtōng
Every word from Middle Dutch tīdinge →