weltanschauung

See also: Weltanschauung

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Weltanschauung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛltɑːnˌʃaʊʊŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

weltanschauung (plural weltanschauungs or weltanschauungen)

1. A person's or a group's conception, philosophy or view of the world; a worldview.

   Your background and experiences must give you a unique weltanschauung.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:weltanschauung.

Translations

worldview — see worldview

Further reading

• “weltanschauung”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from German Weltanschauung.

Noun

weltanschauung (uncountable)

1. weltanschauung, worldview, philosophy of life, ideology

   Synonym: pandangan hidup

Further reading

• “weltanschauung”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Weltanschauung.

Noun

weltanschauung n (uncountable)

1. weltanschauung, worldview

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	weltanschauung	weltanschauungul
genitive-dative	weltanschauung	weltanschauungului
vocative	weltanschauungule

References

• “weltanschauung”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025