Gedankenexperiment

== German == === Etymology === From Gedanke +‎ -n- +‎ Experiment. Coined by Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted circa 1812. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈdaŋkŋ̍ˌɛksˈpeːʁiːmɛnt/ === Noun === Gedankenexperiment n (strong, genitive Gedankenexperimentes or Gedankenexperiments, plural Gedankenexperimente) (physics, epistemology) gedankenexperiment, a thought experiment ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: gedankenexperiment → English: thought experiment (calque) === Further reading === “Gedankenexperiment” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Gedankenexperiment” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Gedankenexperiment” in Duden online