weltanschauung

Questions about weltanschauung

What does weltanschauung mean?

weltanschauung means "a comprehensive view of the world and human life".

How many syllables are in weltanschauung?

weltanschauung has 3 syllables and divides as wel-tan-schauung under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for weltanschauung?

Close synonyms include world view. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weltanschauung a common word?

weltanschauung is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.