Wandlung

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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
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  • Rhymes: -ʊŋ

Noun

Wandlung f (genitive Wandlung, plural Wandlungen)

  1. change, alteration, transformation
  2. (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)
  3. (civil law until Schuldrechtsmodernisierung, now for variety) withdrawal, rescission
    Synonyms: (since Schuldrechtsmodernisierung) Rücktritt, Rückgewährschuldverhältnis
  4. (law governing public limited-liability companies) conversion of a convertible bond (Wandelschuldverschreibung, Wandelanleihe)

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