Halbwissen
German
FWOTD – 7 March 2017
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhalpˌvɪsn̩/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Halb‧wis‧sen
Noun
Halbwissen n (genitive Halbwissens, no plural)
- (deprecative) superficial knowledge, especially that of an autodidact who overestimates their own proficiency
- 1856, Heinrich von Gagern, Das Leben des Generals Friedrich von Gagern, page 61:
- Ich höre sagen, daß oberflächliches Halbwissen schadet und irreleitet; ich höre behaupten, daß ein solches encyklopädisches Halbwissen besonders durch eine Rechtszeitung begünstigt werde, die uns aus dem Zusammenhange größerer Theorien nur Bruchstücke liefern könne.
- I hear it said that superficial half-knowledge is harmful and misleading; I hear it claimed that such an encyclopedic half-knowledge is particularly favored by a legal newspaper, which can provide us only fragments from the context of larger theories.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- Halbwissen in Duden online
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