Begriff

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German

FWOTD – 9 August 2014

Etymology

From Middle High German begrif (“region, area”).[1] By surface analysis, deverbal from begreifen (“to understand, comprehend”). Cognate with Dutch begrip (“concept”) and Norwegian begrepet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈɡʁɪf/
  • Rhymes: -ɪf
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Noun

Begriff m (strong, genitive Begriffes or Begriffs, plural Begriffe)

  1. term, word
    Synonyms: Ausdruck, Wort
  2. idea, conception, perception, understanding
    Synonyms: Idee, Konzept
    Du hast keinen Begriff davon, was das bedeutet.
    You have no idea what that means.
    • 1987, Maria Mies, "Konturen einer öko-feministischen Gesellschaft", in Frauen und Ökologie: Gegen den Machbarkeitswahn, Volksblatt, p. 39:
      Auf ihrer gewaltsamen Unterwerfung und Ausbeutung beruht sein Menschenbild, seine Zivilisation, sein Begriff von Wissenschaft, Technik und Fortschritt, sein Modell von immerwährendem ökonomischem Wachstum, sein Begriff von Freiheit und Emanzipation, seine Gesellschaft und sein Staat.
      Upon their forcible subjugation and exploitation rests his image of humankind; his civilization; his conception of science, technology and progress; his model of perpetual economic growth; his idea of freedom and emancipation; his society and his state.
  3. concept
    • 1859, Arthur Schopenhauer, Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, 3rd edition, volume 2, F. A. Brockhaus, page 138:
      Aber die Sprache um ein Wort ärmer machen heißt das Denken der Nation um einen Begriff ärmer machen.
      But making the language poorer by one word means making the thinking of the nation poorer by one concept.
    • 2011 January 20, Dieter Nuhr, Stern, page 115:
      Demut und Bescheidenheit sind für mich Begriffe, die zu Unrecht vollständig ausgestorben sind.
      For me, humility and modesty are concepts that have completely and unjustifiably died out.

Declension

Declension of Begriff
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Begriff die Begriffe
genitive eines des Begriffes, Begriffs der Begriffe
dative einem dem Begriff, Begriffe1 den Begriffen
accusative einen den Begriff die Begriffe

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “Begriff” in Duden online

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