English-Danish translations for contemporary

• moderne
  Spil er en moderne form for afhængighed. Gambling is a contemporary form of addiction.
  Med denne beslutning kan det lykkes os at sætte en stopper for den moderne slavehandel. This resolution allows us to put a stop to the contemporary slave trade.
  For mange af os dengang var hr. Cohn-Bendit en slags moderne Robin Hood. For many of us at the time, Mr Cohn-Bendit was a kind of contemporary Robin Hood figure.
• nutids-
• samtidig
  Vi har behov for en årlig, samtidig godkendelse, der kan identificere fejl og sikre bedst mulig overholdelse af reglerne. We need an annual contemporary signing-off which can identify errors and ensure compliance to the highest standard.
  De føler, at det skal være en langvarig proces, der respekterer nationale traditioner og tager hensyn til samtidig erfaring. They feel it should be a long-term process that respects national traditions and takes account of contemporary experience.
  Aktuelle udfordringer, vi er nødt til at imødegå samtidig, er kampen mod den økonomiske krise, de ufordelagtige demografiske tendenser og endelig klimaændringerne. Contemporary challenges, which we have to face up to at the same time, are the fight against the economic crisis, the unfavourable demographic trend and, finally, climate change.

Definition of contemporary

• From the same time period, coexistent in time
• Modern, of the present age
• Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another
• Something existing at the same time

Examples

• Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare
• The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries

Related words

• contemporaneous
• contemporaneity
• contemporarily
• contemporary art
• contemporary R&B
• contemporary history
• contemporary witness
• contemporary testimony
• contemporary christian music