Polyglot Dictionary

Geheimhaltung

/ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌhaltʊŋ/

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

Meaning

  1. secrecy

    Built from geheim (secret) + Haltung (attitude).

    • Die Geheimhaltung wurde vereinbart.

      Secrecy was agreed.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • geheim secret
  • Haltung attitude

Similar words

Stille

Close, figuratively — secrecy often involves silence.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

hermetismo

hermetismo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "secrecy."

Portuguese

sigilo

sigilo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "secrecy."

Practice

1 What does Geheimhaltung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ wurde vereinbart.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Geheimhaltung?

nouncompound

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