Gentrifizierung

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Etymology

gentrifizieren +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɡɛntʁifiˈt͡siːʁʊŋ/
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Noun

Gentrifizierung f (genitive Gentrifizierung, plural Gentrifizierungen)

  1. gentrification
    Synonym: Gentrifikation f
    • 2011 September 8, Moritz von Uslar, “99 Fragen an Renate Künast”, in Die Zeit:
      Mit der Gentrifizierung ist es so richtig erst nach dem Fall der Mauer losgegangen. Die Studis—Achtung Klischee—aus Schwaben sind damals in Prenzlauer Berg und Friedrichshain in ziemlich runtergekommene, aber billige Wohnungen gezogen.
      Gentrification really got started after the fall of the Berlin Wall. At that time college students—pardon the cliché—from Swabia moved into rather run down but inexpensive apartments in Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain.

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