vetenskap
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German wetenskap, wetenschap, wetenschop, from weten (“to know”) + -schop (“-ship”), equivalent to veta + -skap. First attested in c. 1620. Compare Danish videnskab, Norwegian vitenskap, Dutch wetenschap, German Wissenschaft.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- science, scholarly knowledge, scholarship (collective discipline of learning acquired through any scholarly method; totality of knowledge)
- any academic discipline; in general, the sciences and humanities taken as a whole
Usage notes
[edit]Vetenskap has a much broader meaning than the English word science. While science refers to systematically acquired, objective knowledge obtained through a particular methodology (such as the scientific method), and includes only natural sciences, social sciences, and formal sciences; vetenskap also includes the humanities and philosophy and refers to learning and knowledge in general, whether obtained through scientific or non-scientific means. For example, writing a scholarly book about an author's life and works is vetenskap but not "science" in the English sense.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | vetenskap | vetenskaps |
| definite | vetenskapen | vetenskapens | |
| plural | indefinite | vetenskaper | vetenskapers |
| definite | vetenskaperna | vetenskapernas |
Derived terms
[edit]- arbetsvetenskap
- bergsvetenskap
- beteendevetenskap
- datavetenskap
- filmvetenskap
- genusvetenskap
- geovetenskap
- historievetenskap
- hjälpvetenskap
- humanvetenskap
- hushållsvetenskap
- hälsovetenskap
- informationsvetenskap
- ingenjörsvetenskap
- kommunikationsvetenskap
- konstvetenskap
- kulturvetenskap
- kvasivetenskap
- litteraturvetenskap
- läkarvetenskap
- miljövetenskap
- musikvetenskap
- naturvetenskap
- neurovetenskap
- populärvetenskap
- pseudovetenskap
- religionsvetenskap
- rättsvetenskap
- samhällsvetenskap
- skogsvetenskap
- socialvetenskap
- språkvetenskap
- statsvetenskap
- systemvetenskap
- teatervetenskap
- tvärvetenskap
- utbildningsvetenskap
- vetenskapare
- vetenskaplig
- vetenskapsman
- vårdvetenskap
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- forskning (“scientific research”)