"Philosophie" meaning in German

See Philosophie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /filozoˈfiː/, [ˌfɪ.lo.zoˈfiː], [ˌfi(ː)-] Audio: De-Philosophie.ogg , DE-Philosophie.ogg
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Middle High German philosophīe, from Latin philosophia, which see. Not fully integrated during the Middle High German period; therefore the inherited form in -ei did not establish itself. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|grc}}, {{inh|de|gmh|philosophīe}} Middle High German philosophīe, {{der|de|la|philosophia}} Latin philosophia, {{m+|gmh|-}} Middle High German Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Philosophie f (genitive Philosophie, plural Philosophien) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Philosophie [genitive], Philosophien [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Philosophie [nominative, singular], Philosophien [definite, nominative, plural], Philosophie [genitive, singular], Philosophien [definite, genitive, plural], Philosophie [dative, singular], Philosophien [dative, definite, plural], Philosophie [accusative, singular], Philosophien [accusative, definite, plural], Philosophei [alternative], Philosophia [alternative], Filosofie [alternative], Filosofei [alternative]
  1. (uncountable) philosophy (study of thought) Tags: feminine, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-Philosophie-de-noun-51hLLEvT Disambiguation of Philosophy: 34 34 32
  2. (uncountable) philosophy (study of thought)
    (uncountable, some jurisdictions) name of the school subject taken by pupils who choose not to attend religious education
    Tags: feminine, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Synonyms: Ethik, Werte und Normen
    Sense id: en-Philosophie-de-noun-FPdPNRr~ Disambiguation of Philosophy: 34 34 32 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 13 75 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 65 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 81 9
  3. (countable) philosophy (one's manner of thinking) Tags: countable, feminine Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-Philosophie-de-noun-34WgF4Vk Disambiguation of Philosophy: 34 34 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Philosophiegeschichte, Philosophielehrer, Philosophieprofessor, Philosophiestudent, Philosophiestudium, Philosophieunterricht Related terms: Philosoph, philosophieren, philosophisch
Hyponyms: Existenzphilosophie, Geschichtsphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie, Moralphilosophie, Rechtsphilosophie, Religionsphilosophie, Sozialphilosophie, Staatsphilosophie, Transzendentalphilosophie, Unternehmensphilosophie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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