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German
Etymology
verwerfen + -ung
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁfʊŋ/
- Hyphenation: Ver‧wer‧fung
Noun
Verwerfung f (genitive Verwerfung, plural Verwerfungen)
- rejection
- (figurative) upheaval
2022 December 30, Timm Kühn, “Kein linker „heißer Herbst“: Die ausgefallene Revolte”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Auf den Protesten von Heizung, Brot und Frieden wurden die Sanktionen durchaus zur Ursache der sozialen Verwerfungen erklärt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (geology) fault
- Nordanatolische Verwerfung ― North Anatolian Fault
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