Richtung.
direction
Meaning & usage
direction
Aus welcher Richtung?
In welche Richtung?
school of thought, branch, subfield (also used in a wider sense of "type" in certain compounds)
die verschiedenen Richtungen des Islams
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German richtunge, from Old High German rihtunga, from Proto-West Germanic *rihtungu. By surface analysis, richten + -ung.
towards, to (in the context of larger scale orientation; arrival at the location is not implied)
auf dem Weg Richtung Ziel
Wir sind Richtung Strand gegangen.
Where this word comes from
Ellipsis of "in Richtung" (“in (the) direction (of)”). The usage with the nominative is a result of the original phrase attaching the specific direction as an apposition, leaving it uninflected.
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