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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Erbgut

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈɛʁpˌɡuːt/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Heritage/ˈhɛr.ɪ.tɪdʒ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Erhaltung unseres kulturellen Erbes ist wichtig."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Valued traditions, languages, cultural practices, and objects that are passed down from previous generations.

    "The festival is a celebration of our rich cultural heritage."
  2. 2

    Property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance.

    "She received a rich historical estate as part of her family heritage."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'heritage', originating from the Late Latin 'heritaticum', based on Latin 'heres' (heir). Over centuries, the term evolved from strictly legal inheritance of property to encompass cultural, historical, and artistic traditions passed down through generations.

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