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Wende.

turn (change in temperament or circumstance)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvɛndə/
  1. turn (change in temperament or circumstance)

    feminine
  2. turnaround (reversal of policy)

    feminine
  3. tacking

    feminine
  4. the process that opened the way to the unification of West and East Germany; that period (1989–90) in general

    feminine · historical · with-definite-article
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German wende, from Old High German wendī; see wenden. Cognate to Dutch wende.

noun/ˈvɛndə/
  1. Sorb, Wend, Lusatian Slav (a member of the native West Slavic-speaking population in parts of Saxony and Brandenburg; male or unspecified sex)

    dated · masculine · regional · weak
  2. a member or descendant (male or unspecified sex) of the Slavic tribes which had settled in those areas that were largely Germanized during the Middle Ages (eastern Germany, Pomerania, Lower Silesia, eastern Austria)

    masculine · weak
  3. a Slav in general (male or of unspecified sex)

    archaic · masculine · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German winde, wint, from Old High German winid, from Proto-Germanic *winidaz ~ winiþaz. The form with -e- (15th c.) was influenced by Middle Low German went (re-shortened from earlier wēnt, *wēnet), from Old Saxon winoth, from the same Germanic source. The native form survives as Winde (“Slovene of Austria”, more commonly Windischer).

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