Legendenbildung

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German

Etymology

From Legende (legend) +‎ -n- +‎ Bildung (creation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈɡɛndn̩ˌbɪldʊŋ/
  • Hyphenation: Le‧gen‧den‧bil‧dung

Noun

Legendenbildung f (genitive Legendenbildung, plural Legendenbildungen)

  1. creation of a tall tale
    • 1943, Adolf Hitler, “Vorwort”, in Mein Kampf [My Struggle], 855th edition, Munich: Franz Eher Nachfolger, →OCLC; New English translation from Thomas Dalton, “Foreword”, in Mein Kampf, New York, N.Y.: Clemens & Blair, 2018, →OCLC, page 19:
      Ich hatte dabei auch die Gelegenheit, eine Darstellung meines eigenen Werdens zu geben, soweit dies zum Verständnis sowohl des ersten als auch des zweiten Bandes nötig ist und zur Zerstörung der von der jüdischen Presse betriebenen üblen Legendenbildung über meine Person dienen kann.
      This has also given me the opportunity of describing my own development in so far as such a description is necessary to the understanding of the first as well as the of the second volume and to refute the unfounded tales which the Jewish press has circulated about me.

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