Polyglot Dictionary

Zielsetzung

/ˈtsiːlˌzɛtsʊŋ/

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 Zielsetzungen

Meaning

  1. objective, goal setting

    • Die Zielsetzung des Projekts ist klar.

      The project's objective is clear.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Zielgruppe

Easily confused due to the shared "Ziel-" root: Zielsetzung means goal-setting; Zielgruppe means target audience. Different meanings despite looking alike.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

puntería

Close — goal setting relates to aim.

English

target

target is the English word for the same thing — both mean "objective, goal, target."

Practice

1 What does Zielsetzung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ des Projekts ist klar.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zielsetzung?

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