Explizites

Explizites is a term used in German-language discourse to denote something that is explicit or clearly stated. It derives from the adjective explizit and appears in nominalized form as das Explizite or in attributive phrases such as explizites Wissen or explizite Inhalte. The word is primarily employed in academic and technical contexts to describe the quality of being explicit rather than implicit.

In knowledge management and information science, explizites Wissen refers to knowledge that can be codified, stored, and transmitted in formal language, such as documents, databases, or manuals. It is contrasted with tacit knowledge, which is personal, context-bound, and harder to articulate. The dichotomy originates with Michael Polanyi and has been developed further in knowledge-management frameworks, including the SECI model by Nonaka and Takeuchi.

Grammatical usage: explizites is the attributive neuter singular form of the adjective explizit; das Explizite is a common nominalization. The term appears in various compounds (explizites Wissen, explizite Inhalte) and is used across disciplines including linguistics, philosophy, and information science. The capitalized form Explizites can function as a noun, though it is less common in everyday speech.

In contemporary discourse, the term is also used in media and content classification to denote explicit or clearly stated content, often paired with the noun Inhalte or Material. The broader concept remains central to debates about knowledge transfer, documentation, and data governance.