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German
Etymology
Gedanken + Gang
Pronunciation
Noun
Gedankengang m (strong, genitive Gedankenganges or Gedankengangs, plural Gedankengänge)
- reasoning; train of thought
c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:Er war zu müde, um alle Folgerungen der Geschichte übersehn zu können, es waren auch ungewohnte Gedankengänge, in die sie ihn führte, unwirkliche Dinge, besser geeignet zur Besprechung für die Gesellschaft der Gerichtsbeamten als für ihn.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Gedankengang
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