Verfremdungseffekt

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Verfremdungseffekt. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Verfremdungseffekt, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Verfremdungseffekt in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Verfremdungseffekt you have here. The definition of the word Verfremdungseffekt will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofVerfremdungseffekt, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: verfremdungseffekt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Verfremdungseffekt.

Pronunciation

Noun

Verfremdungseffekt (plural Verfremdungseffekte)

  1. (theater, literature) Brecht's distancing effect.
    Synonyms: alienation, estrangement
    • 1997 May, Clive Barker, Simon Trussler, editors, New Theatre Quarterly, volume 13, number 50, page 114:
      Brecht's famous ‘Verfremdungseffekte’ or ‘alienation effect’, intended to counter the magical associations of stage illusion and the tendency for spellbound audiences to identify emotionally with characters on stage, both of which Brecht found abhorrent.
  2. A greying out, where distinct elements blend to become one.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Coordinate terms

Translations

Further reading

German

Etymology

Verfremdung (“alienation”) +‎ -s- +‎ Effekt (“effect”), coined by Bertolt Brecht in 1936.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Verfremdungseffekt m (strong, genitive Verfremdungseffektes or Verfremdungseffekts, plural Verfremdungseffekte)

  1. (theater, literature) Verfremdungseffekt
    Synonym: V-Effekt
    • 2017, “Notizen des Übersetzers”, in Alexander Nitzberg, transl., Meister und Margarita, Galiani, →ISBN:
      Dass dieser berüchtigte Treffpunkt der Hexen […] zur Szenerie der christlichen Passionsgeschichte gemacht wird, sodass sich zwei mythische Welten überlagern, ist ein überraschender modernistischer Kunstgriff, ein Verfremdungseffekt, wie er im Buche steht.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Verfremdungseffekt
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Verfremdungseffekt die Verfremdungseffekte
genitive eines des Verfremdungseffektes, Verfremdungseffekts der Verfremdungseffekte
dative einem dem Verfremdungseffekt, Verfremdungseffekte1 den Verfremdungseffekten
accusative einen den Verfremdungseffekt die Verfremdungseffekte

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia