# die Geisteswissenschaften

die Geisteswissenschaften is a German noun meaning “humanities”.

## In other languages

- Русский: гуманитарные науки

## Meanings

1. _plural_ humanities, liberal arts (the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc.)

## Examples

- Die Naturwissenschaften sind nomothetisch, während die Geisteswissenschaften idiographisch sind. — The natural sciences are nomothetic, whereas the humanities are idiographic.
- Mary studiert Geisteswissenschaften. — Mary studies the humanities.

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