noun · uncountable · common

general knowledge

общие знания

Allgemeinwissen

The wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life, much…The wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life, much of which may be trivial.

UK/ˈdʒɛnɹəl ˈnɒlɪdʒ/US/ˈdʒɛnəɹəl ˈnɑlɪdʒ/

» I was impressed by the general knowledge of Japanese students.

Ich war vom Allgemeinwissen japanischer Studenten beeindruckt.

Meaning

1 senses

(uncountable)The wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life, much of which may be trivial.
Allgemeinwissen
о́бщие зна́нияóbščije znánija

More definitions

knowledge that is available to anyone

Examples

2 sentences

I was impressed by the general knowledge of Japanese students.
deIch war vom Allgemeinwissen japanischer Studenten beeindruckt.
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What? Do you have no general knowledge? How can you not know this?
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life:

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

knowledge that is available to anyone:public knowledge

Word family

1 related words

Relatedgeneral education

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable