Polyglot Dictionary

Auffassung

/ˈaʊfˌfasʊŋ/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Auffassungen

Meaning

  1. view, opinion

    • Ich vertrete eine andere Auffassung.

      I hold a different view.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Ansicht

Near-total synonyms for "opinion, view"; Ansicht is the everyday word, Auffassung leans slightly more formal or intellectual, like a legal or theoretical viewpoint.

Similar in other languages

English

opinion

opinion is the English word for the same thing — both mean "view, opinion."

French

perspective

Close — a view, opinion relates to a perspective.

Practice

1 What does Auffassung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich vertrete eine andere ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Auffassung?

noun

Last updated