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Geisteswissenschaft

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German

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Etymology

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From Geist +‎ -es- +‎ Wissenschaft (science).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaft/
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Noun

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Geisteswissenschaft f (genitive Geisteswissenschaft, plural Geisteswissenschaften)

  1. humanities, liberal arts, Geisteswissenschaften (the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc.)
  2. an individual humanities subject

Usage notes

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Like 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.

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