>Also, Zeitgeist is used in English, but doesn't simply translate to "spirit of the time".
Except is generally does. That is still the primary definition in any common dictionary, and the understood meaning of this word.
Except is generally does. That is still the primary definition in any common dictionary, and the understood meaning of this word.
In German we would say "Goethe captured the Zeitgeist of his epoch", on the other hand saying "Dark rimmed glass are in the Zeitgeist" would be strange.