vetenskap

Etymology
Related to Dutch, German. Apparently borrowed from, together with Norwegian , Danish.

Noun

 * 1) science, scholarly knowledge, scholarship collective discipline of learning acquired through any scholarly method; totality of knowledge
 * 2) any academic discipline; in general, the sciences and humanities taken as a whole

Usage notes
Vetenskap has a much broader meaning than the English word . While science refers to systematically acquired, objective knowledge obtained through a particular methodology (such as the scientific method), and includes only natural sciences, social sciences, and formal sciences; vetenskap also includes the humanities and philosophy and refers to learning and knowledge in general, whether obtained through scientific or non-scientific means. For example, writing a scholarly book about an author's life and works is vetenskap but not "science" in the English sense.