assimilation

Assimilation

Vorgang, bei dem eine kulturelle Minderheit die Bräuche und Lebensweisen der Mehrheit übernimmt.

In einfachem Englisch: The process of a smaller cultural group adopting the customs and ways of the main group.

• Assimilation changed the community’s traditions.
• Some families resisted forced assimilation.
• The debate focused on cultural assimilation and the loss of language.

So benutzt man es: assimilation into something (Assimilation into the wider society took several generations.)

Häufige Wendungen: cultural assimilation, forced assimilation, assimilation into society

Assimilation, Eingliederung

Der Vorgang, etwas aufzunehmen oder Teil eines größeren Ganzen zu werden.

In einfachem Englisch: The process of taking something in or becoming part of a larger whole.

• Assimilation happened gradually.
• The report describes the assimilation of separate units into one organization.
• Complete assimilation requires changes on both sides.

So benutzt man es: assimilation of something into something (The assimilation of these parts into one system took months.)

Synonyme: absorption, incorporation, integration

Häufige Wendungen: gradual assimilation, complete assimilation, assimilation into something

Assimilation

Der Vorgang, neue Informationen in die bereits vorhandene Vorstellung von den Dingen einzuordnen.

In einfachem Englisch: The process of fitting new information into the way you already understand things.

• Assimilation connects new ideas with familiar ones.
• The teacher encouraged the assimilation of new information.
• Children use assimilation when they fit new experiences into familiar categories.

So benutzt man es: assimilation of something into something (Learning involves the assimilation of new facts into existing knowledge.)

Synonyme: absorption, incorporation

Häufige Wendungen: assimilation of ideas, assimilation of knowledge

Assimilation

Der Vorgang, bei dem der Körper Nährstoffe in Material für seine eigenen Zellen umwandelt.

In einfachem Englisch: The process by which the body changes substances from food into material for its own cells.

• Assimilation helps the body build new tissue.
• The study measured nutrient assimilation in young animals.
• Poor assimilation of protein can slow growth.

So benutzt man es: assimilation of something (Illness can interfere with the assimilation of nutrients.)

Häufige Wendungen: nutrient assimilation, assimilation of nutrients

Assimilation, Lautangleichung

Eine Veränderung, bei der ein Sprachlaut einem benachbarten Laut ähnlicher wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A change in which one speech sound becomes more like a nearby sound.

• Assimilation can make speech easier.
• Nasal assimilation changes the sound before a particular consonant.
• We heard examples of assimilation in everyday conversation.

Häufige Wendungen: consonant assimilation, nasal assimilation, sound assimilation