Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

The hyphenated form world-view became widely known, and as the term gained more general usage, and as the concept came into greater focus for more disciplines, the preferred form came to be the single word worldview. This follows the normal pattern of new-concept references in the English language but especially in technical terms that then take on a meaning and grow to common popular use. This is actually an ancient Germanic pattern common to all the Germanic languages. The original German term that was translated world-view or worldview (and occasionally as world view) was the single word Weltanschauung. (Orville Jenkins Articles)