Physisch
Example: Die physische Belastung nach dem Marathon war enorm spürbar.
Definition
"Physisch" refers to anything related to the physical body or material world, especially emphasizing tangible, bodily aspects. For example, in the phrase 'Die physische Belastung nach dem Marathon war enorm spürbar,' it denotes the bodily strain experienced after running a marathon.
Etymology
The word "physisch" comes from the Greek 'physis,' meaning nature or the natural world, which passed into Latin as 'physicus' and then into German. It originally related to natural philosophy or the study of nature, but over time it came to specifically describe physical or bodily phenomena. Did you know? The root 'physis' also gave rise to 'physics,' the science of matter and energy.
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"Physisch" appears in the Vocaplus list "German - General - (B2) - set 4", containing 112 commonly used words.
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