Horizont
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See also: horizont
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]16th century, borrowed from Latin horizōn, horizontis, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ho.ʁiˈtsɔnt/, /ˈhɔ.ʁi.tsɔnt/, /ˈhoː.ʁi.tsɔnt/
Audio (Berlin): (file) Audio (Austria): (file)
Noun
[edit]Horizont m (strong, genitive Horizonts or Horizontes, plural Horizonte)
- horizon (line where the sky appears to meet the earth; (figurative) range of someone’s thinking or insight)
- Synonyms: (nautical) Kimm, (now chiefly figurative) Gesichtskreis
- 1986, Udo Lindenberg (lyrics and music), “Horizont”, in Phönix[2]:
- Hinterm Horizont geht’s weiter / Ein neuer Tag / Hinterm Horizont immer weiter / Zusammen sind wir stark.
- Behind the horizon it goes on / A new day / Behind the horizon always on and on / Together we are strong.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Horizont [masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit]- Horizonterweiterung, Horizontende, Horizontlinie, Horizonttrübung
- Betrachtungshorizont, Beobachtungshorizont, Ereignishorizont, Erwartungshorizont, Meereshorizont, Planungshorizont, Wachstumshorizont, Zeithorizont
Further reading
[edit]- “Horizont” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Horizont” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Horizont” in Duden online
- Horizont on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Plautdietsch
[edit]Noun
[edit]Horizont m
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