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German
Etymology
Wert + -e- + Kompass
Pronunciation
Noun
Wertekompass m (strong, genitive Wertekompasses, no plural)
- moral compass (inner sense which distinguishes what is right from what is wrong)
2021 December 7, Lisa Paus, quotee, “Neue Gesichter, unerwartete Namen”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung:Sie will dafür sorgen, dass die Grünen auch als Regierungspartei ihrem "Wertekompass treu bleiben", erklärte sie.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- The spelling Wertekompass has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Wertekompaß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.
Declension
Declension of Wertekompass
Further reading
- “Wertekompass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache