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German
Etymology
umwälzen + -ung
Pronunciation
Noun
Umwälzung f (genitive Umwälzung, plural Umwälzungen)
- 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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