Kalle liest eine kurze Fabel vor, und alle raten, was ihre Moral sein könnte. Kalle reads out a short fable, and everyone guesses what its moral might be.

noun · C1

die Moral

[moˈʁaːl]

morality, morals, moral

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Ich frage mich, ob Moral angeboren oder anerzogen ist.

I wonder whether morality is innate or learned through upbringing.
Du redest viel von Moral, aber hältst du dich auch selbst immer daran?

You talk a lot about morality, but do you always stick to it yourself?
Frau Hilde meint, Moral zeige sich nicht in großen Worten, sondern in kleinen Taten.

Frau Hilde thinks morality shows not in big words but in small deeds.

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case	Singular	Example
Nominative wer? was?	die Moral
Accusative wen? was?	die Moral
Dative wem?	der Moral
Genitive wessen?	der Moral

How the Word Is Built

Word family

moralischunmoralischdie Doppelmoral

In Otti's situations: Lotte at a philosophy evening

die Abwägung das Dilemma durchdenken die Ethik ethisch die Freiheit das Gedankenexperiment das Gewissen Gewissensbisse haben der Grundsatz lügen die Menschenwürde

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