Geisteswissenschaft

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaft/

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Noun

Geisteswissenschaft f (genitive Geisteswissenschaft, plural Geisteswissenschaften)

1. humanities (the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc.)

Related terms

• Geisteswissenschaften
• geisteswissenschaftlich

Further reading

• “Geisteswissenschaft” in Duden online