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German
Etymology
verelenden + -ung
Pronunciation
Noun
Verelendung f (genitive Verelendung, plural Verelendungen)
- (usually in the singular) immiseration, impoverishment
1894, Karl Marx, edited by Friedrich Engels, Das Kapital , III: Der Gesammtprocess der kapitalistischen Produktion, Hamburg: Otto Meissner, page 157:Die Rationalisirung der Agrikultur einerseits, die diese erst befähigt gesellschaftlich betrieben zu werden, die Rückführung des Grundeigenthums ad absurdum andrerseits, dies sind die grossen Verdienste der kapitalistischen Produktionsweise. Wie alle ihre andern historischen Fortschritte, erkaufte sie auch diesen zunächst durch die völlige Verelendung der unmittelbaren Producenten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Verelendung
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