wisdom

wisdom
noun, no pl.
1) Weisheit, die

worldly wisdom — Weltklugheit, die

2) (prudence) Klugheit, die

where is the wisdom of such a move/in doing that? — was für einen Sinn hat solch ein Schritt/hat es, das zu tun?

words of wisdom — weise Worte; (advice) weise Ratschläge

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['wizdəm]
noun Wisdom comes with experience.) die Weisheit
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wis·dom
[ˈwɪzdəm]
n no pl
1. (state of having good judgement) Weisheit f; (iron)
in her \wisdom ... in ihrer grenzenlosen Weisheit ... iron
\wisdom comes with age die Weisheit kommt mit dem Alter
the \wisdom of hindsight im Nachhinein, hinterher
conventional \wisdom has it that ... [or the received \wisdom is that ...] im Allgemeinen ist man der Auffassung, dass ...
2. (sensibleness) Klugheit f, Vernünftigkeit f
I am not convinced of the \wisdom of letting them go ahead unsupervised ich bin nicht davon überzeugt, dass es vernünftig ist, sie einfach unbeaufsichtigt weitermachen zu lassen
did we ever stop to question the \wisdom of going to war? haben wir jemals den Sinn von Kriegsführung hinterfragt?
3. (sayings) weise Sprüche; (advice) weise Ratschläge
words of \wisdom (also iron) weise Worte a. iron geh
to give sb a few words of \wisdom jdm kluge Ratschläge erteilen a. pej
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['wIzdəm]
n
Weisheit f; (= prudence) Einsicht f

to show great wisdom — große Klugheit or Einsicht zeigen

to doubt the wisdom of sth — bezweifeln, ob etw klug or sinnvoll ist

the conventional wisdom — die herkömmliche Überzeugung

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wisdom [ˈwızdəm] s
1. Weisheit f, Klugheit f:
display the wisdom of Solomon salomonische Weisheit beweisen;
have great wisdom sehr weise sein;
talk wisdom weise reden; → academic.ru/15837/conventional">conventional 1, received 2
2. obs Gelehrsamkeit f
3. BIBEL
a) Wisdom, auch Wisdom of Solomon die Sprüche pl Salomons
b) Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach [ˈsaıəræk] (das) Buch Jesus Sirach
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noun, no pl.
1) Weisheit, die

worldly wisdom — Weltklugheit, die

2) (prudence) Klugheit, die

where is the wisdom of such a move/in doing that? — was für einen Sinn hat solch ein Schritt/hat es, das zu tun?

words of wisdom — weise Worte; (advice) weise Ratschläge

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n.
Klugheit -en f.
Weisheit -en f.

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