🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Hintergrundinformationen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hɪntɐɡʁʊndɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnən

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Background Information/ˈbækˌɡraʊnd ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Bevor Sie eine Entscheidung treffen, ist es wichtig, alle relevanten Hintergrundinformationen zu sammeln."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Information that provides context or additional details about a subject.

    "Before making a decision, it's important to gather all relevant background information."
  2. 2

    Details or facts that help to explain a situation or event.

    "The background information on the project was crucial for understanding its objectives."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'background' originates from the Middle English 'bakground', which combines 'back' (from Old English 'bæc') and 'ground' (from Old English 'grund'). 'Information' comes from the Latin 'informare', meaning 'to shape, form, or train', evolving in usage to denote knowledge communicated or received.

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🇫🇷French → English

Informations de fond

Transliteration: ɛ̃fɔʁmasjɔ̃ də fɔ̃

"Avant de prendre une décision, il est important de rassembler toutes les informations de fond pertinentes."

🇩🇪German → English

Hintergrundinformationen

Transliteration: hɪntɐɡʁʊndɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnən

"Bevor Sie eine Entscheidung treffen, ist es wichtig, alle relevanten Hintergrundinformationen zu sammeln."

🇮🇹Italian → English

Informazioni di base

Transliteration: informatsjone di baze

"Prima di prendere una decisione, è importante raccogliere tutte le informazioni di base pertinenti."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

Información de fondo

Transliteration: informasjɔn de fɔndo

"Antes de tomar una decisión, es importante recopilar toda la información de fondo relevante."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

Informações de fundo

Transliteration: informasɔ̃s dʒi fũdu

"Antes de tomar uma decisão, é importante reunir todas as informações de fundo relevantes."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

पृष्ठभूमि की जानकारी

Transliteration: pṛṣṭhabhūmi kī jānkarī

"निर्णय लेने से पहले, सभी प्रासंगिक पृष्ठभूमि की जानकारी इकट्ठा करना महत्वपूर्ण है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

背景信息

Transliteration: bèijǐng xìnxī

"在做决定之前,收集所有相关的背景信息是很重要的。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

배경 정보

Transliteration: baegyeong jeongbo

"결정을 내리기 전에 모든 관련 배경 정보를 수집하는 것이 중요합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

背景情報

Transliteration: haikei jōhō

"決定を下す前に、すべての関連する背景情報を集めることが重要です。"

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