German Conversation · Level 152
29 words
German word
Abhandlung
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈapˌhandlʊŋ/
Meaning
- feminine nounpaper
Example
Er las eine Abhandlung über Philosophie.
He read a paper on philosophy.
More examples
Sie verfasste eine Abhandlung über Klimapolitik.
She wrote a paper on climate policy.
Core concept
A focused scholarly text develops a subject in an orderly argument rather than presenting only a brief comment.
Common phrases
eine Abhandlung über
a paper on ___
wissenschaftliche Abhandlung
academic paper
in einer Abhandlung
in a paper
Similar words
Aufsatz: A short argumentative piece written for school or a magazine.
Artikel: A newspaper or magazine piece covering current affairs or providing explanation.
Studie: A research report presenting methods and results based on data or investigation.
Essay: A short, freely written piece based on personal thoughts or observations.
Definition in German
Ein formeller, meist längerer Text, der ein spezielles Thema analysiert und begründete Schlussfolgerungen bietet.
Word origin
Abhandlung developed from the verb abhandeln, whose sense of treating a matter thoroughly became the name of the resulting written work through -ung.
Usage tips
- The usual pattern is eine Abhandlung ueber plus accusative for naming the subject, as in eine Abhandlung ueber Philosophie.
Other meanings
- treatisenoun
- articlenoun
- essaynoun
Opposites
- Kurzfassungsummarynoun
Related words
- abhandelndiscussverb