Weltanschauung

== German == === Etymology === From Welt (“world”) +‎ Anschauung (“outlook, view”), first attested in Immanuel Kant's Kritik der Urteilskraft (Critique of Judgment, 1790). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɛltʔanˌʃaʊ̯ʊŋ] === Noun === Weltanschauung f (genitive Weltanschauung, plural Weltanschauungen) worldview, weltanschauung, philosophy of life, ideology Synonyms: Denkweise, Ideologie, Lebensphilosophie, Philosophie, Weltansicht, Weltbild, Weltsicht, Weltvorstellung ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== weltanschaulich ==== Descendants ==== → English: weltanschauung → English: worldview (calque) → Afrikaans: wêreldbeskouing (calque) → Bulgarian: светоглед (svetogled) (calque) → Estonian: maailmavaade (calque) → Finnish: maailmankatsomus (calque) → French: vision du monde (calque) → Hungarian: világnézet (calque) → Japanese: 世界観 (calque)→ Chinese: 世界觀 / 世界观 (shìjièguān)→ Korean: 세계관 (segyegwan)→ Vietnamese: thế giới quan → Polish: światopogląd (calque) → Romanian: weltanschauung → Russian: мировосприя́тие (mirovosprijátije) (calque) → Spanish: cosmovisión (calque) → Swedish: världsåskådning (calque) → Ukrainian: світосприйняття́ (svitospryjnjattjá) (calque) === Further reading === “Weltanschauung” in Duden online “Weltanschauung”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Weltanschauung” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.