Umwälzung

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German

Etymology

umwälzen +‎ -ung

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Noun

Umwälzung f (genitive Umwälzung, plural Umwälzungen)

  1. upheaval
    • 1930, Paul Joachimsen, “Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes”, in Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 467:
      Und nun kommt die Reformation selbst. Die größte geistige Umwälzung, die je ein Volk des Abendlandes erlebt hat. Sie bringt wirklich eine Umwertung aller Werte.
      And now comes the Reformation itself. The largest spiritual upheaval that was ever experienced by a nation of the Occident. It really brings a transvaluation of all values.

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