noun
die Eingliederung, -en
integration
Definition & meaning
Eingliederung is a feminine German noun meaning integration, incorporation, or inclusion into an existing group, system, organization, or social environment.
It can be used in several contexts:
- Social integration: helping a person become part of society or a community.
- Professional reintegration: returning someone to working life after illness, unemployment, or another interruption.
- Organizational incorporation: integrating a department, company, or institution into a larger organization.
- Inclusion of people with disabilities: enabling participation in school, work, and public life.
Depending on the context, it can be translated as integration, incorporation, inclusion, or reintegration.
Grammar & Word origin
- Gender: feminine
- Article: die
- Plural: die Eingliederungen
- Verb: eingliedern — “to integrate” or “to incorporate”
The word is composed of:
Literally, Eingliederung describes making something or someone part of a larger whole.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonyms
- Integration — the most general synonym; emphasizes becoming part of a social, professional, or institutional whole.
- Inklusion — focuses particularly on equal participation and the removal of barriers, especially for people with disabilities.
- Einbindung — means involving or incorporating someone or something; it can sound less formal and does not always imply a lasting social integration.
- Wiedereingliederung — specifically means reintegration, often after illness, unemployment, or absence.
Antonyms
- Ausgliederung — removal from an existing structure or separation into an independent unit; it is the most direct organizational antonym.
- Ausschluss — exclusion or denial of membership.
- Absonderung — separation or isolation from others; it emphasizes being kept apart rather than simply not being integrated.
Common phrases & collocations
- soziale Eingliederung — social integration
- berufliche Eingliederung — professional integration or reintegration
- Wiedereingliederung in den Arbeitsmarkt — reintegration into the labor market
- Eingliederung in die Gesellschaft — integration into society
- Eingliederungshilfe — integration assistance, especially support for people with disabilities
- zur Eingliederung beitragen — to contribute to integration
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Examples
Die Eingliederung ist wichtig.noun
The integration is important.
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