Definition
A settled opinion or attitude that someone has toward a subject or issue.
Translations
- English
- attitude
- Français
- attitude
- Türkçe
- tutum
- Polski
- postawa
- Русский
- позиция
- Українська
- позиція
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Haltung
- B1
- Noun
- Emotions & Personality
- Communication
attitude
/diː ˈhaltʊŋ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Haltungen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Emotions & PersonalityPrimaryCommunication
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Seine Haltung zu diesem Thema hat sich nicht geändert.NominativSing.His attitude to this subject has not changed.
- Die Ministerin erklärte ihre Haltung zu dem Vorschlag.AkkusativSing.The minister explained her position on the proposal.
- Der Ausschuss diskutierte den neuen Vorschlag mit offener Haltung.DativSing.The committee discussed the new proposal with an open attitude.
- Die Gründe ihrer Haltung blieben unklar.GenitivSing.The reasons for her attitude remained unclear.
- Unterschiedliche Haltungen führen oft zu Konflikten.NominativPlur.Different attitudes often lead to conflicts.
- Die Umfrage misst Haltungen zum Klimaschutz.AkkusativPlur.The survey measures attitudes towards climate protection.
- Die Teilnehmenden äußerten ihre Ansichten aus unterschiedlichen Haltungen heraus.DativPlur.The participants expressed their views with different attitudes.
- Die Unterschiede zwischen den Haltungen wurden in der Debatte deutlich.GenitivPlur.The differences between the attitudes became clear in the debate.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Haltung/ˈhaltʊŋ/
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Article phrase
die Haltung/diː ˈhaltʊŋ/
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Plural
Haltungen/ˈhaltʊŋən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Haltung | die Haltungen |
| Akkusativ | die Haltung | die Haltungen |
| Dativ | der Haltung | den Haltungen |
| Genitiv | der Haltung | der Haltungen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine kritische Haltung
- Collocationeine Haltung vertreten
- Sentence patterneine klare Haltung zu + Dativ zeigen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymEinstellung — hiring
Haltung often seems more fundamental or public; Einstellung can also refer to a personal opinion.
- Near-synonymPosition
Position usually refers to a standpoint on a specific question; Haltung can also refer to a long-term inner attitude.
- Semantically relatedMeinung — opinion
- Semantically relatedBewegung — movement
Bewegung and Haltung belong to the description of the body; Bewegung denotes the process, while Haltung denotes the momentary position.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- haltRoot or stem
- -ungSuffix
Word family
- halten
- haltbar