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Danish
Etymology
From German Gegenstand (“that which stands”), a calque of Latin obiectum (“the which is thrown against”).
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genstand c (singular definite genstanden, plural indefinite genstande)
- subject
- object; something to which some action is taken
2012, Stefan Ting Graf, Jens Jørgen Hansen, Thomas Illum Hansen, Læremidler i didaktikken: didaktikken i læremidler, Klim, →ISBN:I et semiotisk og fænomenologisk perspektiv er læremidlets indhold således alt, der bliver gjort til genstand for undervisning i læremidlet, det vil sige alt det, lærere og elever skal arbejde med – og lære noget om eller af.- In a semiotic and phenomenological perspective, the content of the teaching-means is therefore everything that is made the object of teaching in the teaching-means, i.e. everything that teachers and students must work with - and learn about or from.
2016, Villy Sørensen, Den gyldne middelvej og andre debatindlæg, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:Det gale ligger i den almindelige tendens til at identificere det virkelige med det, der kan gøres til genstand for videnskab ...- The mistake lies in the ordinary tendency to identify reality with that which can be made the object of science ...
2010, Klinisk vejledning og pædagogisk kompetence, Munksgaard Danmark, →ISBN, page 186:På organisationsniveauet kan uddannelsesinstitutionens aktiviteter og virksomhed være genstand for evaluering.- At the organizational level, the activities of the teaching institution can be subjected to evaluation.
2002, Thomas Højrup, Dannelsens dialektik: etnologiske udfordringer til det glemte folk, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 270:Er fisk i havet genstand for fri udnyttelse, kan den kapitalistiske produktionsmåde - med nogle få, store fangstenheder, der strejfer fra farvand til farvand - græsse ressourcen så langt ned, at alt fiskeri mister sit grundlag.- If fish in the ocean are subjected to unbridled exploitation, the capitalist manner of production - with a few, large fishing units that go from area to area - may wear the resource so far down that all fishing loses its foundation.
- a unit of alcohol defined as 12 g or 15 mL of pure ethanol; approximately equal to a glass of wine or a bottle of beer
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