Voreingenommenheit

/ˈfoːɐ̯ʔaɪ̯nɡənɔmənhaɪ̯t/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. bias

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Vorurteil

A Vorurteil is one specific pre-formed opinion about a person or group. Voreingenommenheit ("before-taken-in-ness") is the broader state of being biased — the general tendency that a stock of Vorurteile can produce.

Similar in other languages

English

prejudice

prejudice is the English word for the same thing — both mean "bias, prejudice."

Practice

1 What does Voreingenommenheit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Seine ___ beeinflusste das Urteil.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Voreingenommenheit?

noun

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