Vorbeugung

German

Etymology

From vorbeugen + -ung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
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  • Hyphenation: Vor‧beu‧gung

Noun

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  1. prevention
    Synonyms: Prävention, Verhütung
    • 2003 December 7, Annette Wegner, Neuer Zürcher Zeitung:
      Zur Vorbeugung von Krankheiten und Alterungsprozessen empfehle er, «grosse Quantitäten von Mikroben zu verzehren», schrieb der russische Nobelpreisträger Ilja Metschnikow zu Beginn des letzten Jahrhunderts.
      For the prevention of diseases and ageing, the Russian Nobel laureate Élie Metchnikoff, writing at the end of the last century, recommended ‘consuming large quantities of microbes’.
  2. prophylaxis
    Synonyms: Prophylaxe, Vorsorge

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  • Vorbeugungsmaßnahme
  • Vorbeugungsmittel

Further reading

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