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der Zug (Züge)  train; characteristic, trait; draft; pull, tug; puff (smoking); stroke (of pen); gulp, swallow, swig; tension; migration (More: See Mark Twain's comments below)

Das liegt im Zug der Zeit.
It's a sign of the times.

MARK TWAIN: "There are some exceedingly useful words in this language. Schlag, for example; and Zug... Strictly speaking, Zug means Pull, Tug, Draught, Procession, March, Progress, Flight, Direction, Expedition, Train, Caravan, Passage, Stroke, Touch, Line, Flourish, Trait of Character, Feature, Lineament, Chess-move, Organ-stop, Team, Whiff, Bias, Drawer, Propensity, Inhalation, Disposition: but that thing which it does NOT mean—when all its legitimate pennants have been hung on, has not been discovered yet." - A TRAMP ABROAD, "The Awful German Language" (1880)

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