Neue Deutsche Welle

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German

Etymology

neu (“new”) +‎ deutsch (“German”) +‎ Welle (“wave”), adapted calque of English new wave.

Proper noun

die Neue Deutsche Welle f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Neuen Deutschen Welle)

  1. (music) New German Wave (early 1980s genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave)
    Synonym: NDW
    • 1983, “Lorelei”, in Angstlos, performed by Nina Hagen:
      Und ich sage euch die Wahrheit / Endlich heute voller Klarheit / Neue Deutsche Welle / Ist neue deutsche Hölle!
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    • 2011, Michael Fuchs-Gamböck, Thorsten Schatz, Jan Delay: Die Biografie, Heyne Verlag, →ISBN:
      Ansonsten galt die Neue Deutsche Welle als flüchtige Phase der Vergangenheit, als eine Blase, die lange als kommerziell nicht vermarktbar erschien, sich Anfang der Achtzigerjahre aber mächtig aufblähte–und dann rasch platzte.
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