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West Frisian
Etymology
From witten + -skip.
Pronunciation
Noun
wittenskip c (plural wittenskippen)
- knowledge, science, 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
Wittenskip has a much broader meaning than the English word science. The English word 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. In contrast, wittenskip 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 wittenskip but not "science".
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Further reading
- “wittenskip”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011