zeitnah

German

Etymology

Zeit (“time”) +‎ nah (“near”); Neologism of the 1990s and an example of how an informal compound made up of simple components can displace a large number of shorter and more precise words.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsaɪ̯tˌnaː/

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Adjective

zeitnah (comparative zeitnäher, superlative am zeitnächsten)

1. soon, timely

   Synonyms: baldig, umgehend, schnell

Further reading

• “zeitnah” in Duden online
• “zeitnah”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–