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German
Etymology
berühren + -ung
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Noun
Berührung f (genitive Berührung, plural Berührungen)
- touch, contact (an act of touching physically)
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 276:
Nur noch der Bauer hat diese innige Berührung mit dem Lande, die es zu einem Stück seiner selbst macht, wie er sich als Bestandteil des von ihm beackerten Grundes empfindet.- Only the farmer still has this intimate contact with the land, which makes it a piece of his own, like he feels himself as an integral part of the ground that is plowed by him.
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