Energiewende

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Energiewende (“energy transition”).

Noun

Energiewende

  1. The German energy transition, a change in national energy policy in favor of renewable sources and energy efficiency.
    • 2012, Robert Schlögl, Chemical Energy Storage, →ISBN, page 1:
      The Energiewende is thus partly in conflict with the German national plan for a change of the entire energy system issued in 2010.
    • 2014, Woodrow W. Clark, Global Sustainable Communities Handbook, →ISBN, page 369:
      The primary goals of the Energiewende, as set out by the government, begin with a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
    • 2016, Craig Morris, Arne Jungjohann, Energy Democracy: Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables, →ISBN:
      Newscasters and politicians in Germany began conflating the 2011 nuclear phaseout with the Engergiewende, and people began saying misleading things like "since the Energiewende began in 2011."

Translations

German

Etymology

Compound of Energie +‎ Wende, early 1980s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enɛʁˈɡiːˌvɛndə/
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Noun

Energiewende f (genitive Energiewende, plural (uncommon) Energiewenden)

  1. energy transition, the transition from energy generated from fossil fuels to renewable energy; Energiewende
    • 2022 May 30, Susanne Schwarz, quoting Olaf Scholz, “Scholz-Äußerung über Klimaaktivismus: Ein Kanzler, der verdrängt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      „Wenn wir jetzt unsere große Energiewende organisieren, wenn wir dafür sorgen, dass wir auf erneuerbare Energien setzen und aussteigen aus der Kohleverstromung“, hatte der Kanzler gerade gesagt, „dann ist schon die Frage, was wir dem Arbeiter und der Arbeiterin in den Tagebauen sagen über seine Perspektive.“
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    • 2023 January 5, Marc Widmann, “Jetzt muss sich das Blatt wenden”, in Die Zeit:
      Mit den Nord-Stream-Pipelines explodierte an jenem Tag auch das bisherige Konzept der deutschen Energiewende.
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Declension

Declension of Energiewende
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Energiewende die Energiewenden1
genitive einer der Energiewende der Energiewenden1
dative einer der Energiewende den Energiewenden1
accusative eine die Energiewende die Energiewenden1

1Uncommon.

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References

  1. ^ Energiewende at Google Ngram Viewer

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