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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

rücksichtsvoll

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁʏkˌzɪçt͡sˈfɔl

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Considerate/kənˈsɪd.ər.ət/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Seien Sie im Bibliotheksbereich bitte rücksichtsvoll."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Showing careful regard for the needs, feelings, or circumstances of others.

    "It was very considerate of you to keep the noise down while the baby was sleeping."
  2. 2

    Characterized by deliberate caution and thoughtfulness in one's actions.

    "She made a considerate decision after weighing all the possible consequences."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'consideratus', past participle of 'considerare' meaning to look closely at or inspect. By the 16th century in English, the semantic scope shifted from careful observation to showing deliberate regard and thoughtfulness toward the feelings and circumstances of others.

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