Geisteswissenschaft
German
editEtymology
editFrom Geist + -es- + Wissenschaft (“science”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editGeisteswissenschaft f (genitive Geisteswissenschaft, plural Geisteswissenschaften)
- humanities, liberal arts, Geisteswissenschaften (the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc.)
- an individual humanities subject
Usage notes
editLike in English ("humanities"), the word in German is more often used in the plural than in the singular.
See the Wikipedia entry Geisteswissenschaften to understand how it differs from the English broad discipline of the Humanities.
Declension
editDeclension of Geisteswissenschaft [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Geisteswissenschaft | die | Geisteswissenschaften |
genitive | einer | der | Geisteswissenschaft | der | Geisteswissenschaften |
dative | einer | der | Geisteswissenschaft | den | Geisteswissenschaften |
accusative | eine | die | Geisteswissenschaft | die | Geisteswissenschaften |
Derived terms
edit- Geisteswissenschaftler (“humanities scholar”)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Geisteswissenschaft” in Duden online
- “Geisteswissenschaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache