contemporary

• Aus der Gegenwart stammend oder sich auf die Gegenwart beziehend; dem heutigen Stil oder Design entsprechend.

Belonging to or occurring in the present time; modern in style or design.

1. Modern or currentB2formal

   Belonging to or occurring in the present time.

   Zeitgenössisch

   • The museum features contemporary art from around the world.
   • Contemporary architecture often uses glass and steel.
   • She studies contemporary political issues.

   Synonymecurrentmodernpresent-dayup-to-date

   Antonymeantiquatedarchaicobsoleteold-fashionedoutdated

2. Living or occurring at the same timeB2formal

   Existing or happening in the same period of time as something else.

   Zeitgenössisch

   • Shakespeare was contemporary with Queen Elizabeth I.
   • The two events were contemporary, though they happened in different countries.
   • Contemporary accounts of the battle describe it vividly.

   Synonymecoevalcoexistentconcurrentcontemporaneoussynchronous

• Substantiv, das eine Person oder Sache bezeichnet, die zur selben Zeit wie eine andere existiert oder stattfindet, oder eine Person, die etwa gleich alt bzw. aus derselben Epoche wie eine andere ist.

A noun referring to a person or thing that exists or occurs at the same time as another, or a person of roughly the same age or era as another.

1. Person of the same timeB2formal

   A person living or existing at the same time as another.

   Zeitgenosse

   • Shakespeare and his contemporaries wrote many famous plays.
   • She was a contemporary of the famous painter.
   • Historians study the works of these contemporaries.

   Synonymecoevalpeer