Vocabulary
abstrakt
/apˈstʁakt/· adjective
abstract
Detached from concrete things: an idea, a concept, a painting without objects — or an explanation without examples.
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Forms
- Komparativ
- abstrakter
- Superlativ
- am abstraktesten
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abstrakt
abstract (not concrete)
Freiheit ist ein abstrakter Begriff.
Freedom is an abstract concept.
Word family
abstraktdie Abstraktionabstractionabstrahierento abstract, to generalisedas Abstraktionsvermögencapacity for abstract thought
Common combinations
- ein abstrakter Begriffan abstract concept
- abstrakt denkento think in the abstract
- abstrakte Kunstabstract art
Similar & opposite
↔ Opposites
konkretanschaulich
Real examples
- Mathematik verlangt die Fähigkeit, abstrakt zu denken.Mathematics requires the ability to think in the abstract.
- Für viele bleibt die Gefahr abstrakt, solange sie nicht selbst betroffen sind.For many people the danger stays abstract as long as they are not affected themselves.
- Der Vortrag blieb so abstrakt, dass viele Zuhörer den Faden verloren.The lecture stayed so abstract that many listeners lost the thread.
