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German
Etymology
From Middle High German wandelunge, wandalunge, from Old High German wantalunga (“change, exchange, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandalungu, from Proto-West Germanic *wandalōn, equivalent to wandeln + -ung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvandlʊŋ/
- Hyphenation: Wand‧lung
- Rhymes: -ʊŋ
Noun
Wandlung f (genitive Wandlung, plural Wandlungen)
- change, alteration, transformation
- (Roman Catholicism) consecration, transubstantiation (the changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ; the portion of Mass where this is believed to occur)
- (civil law until Schuldrechtsmodernisierung, now for variety) withdrawal, rescission
- Synonyms: (since Schuldrechtsmodernisierung) Rücktritt, Rückgewährschuldverhältnis
- (law governing public limited-liability companies) conversion of a convertible bond (Wandelschuldverschreibung, Wandelanleihe)
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