Wende

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See also: wende, -wende, and wéndé

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German wende, from Old High German wendī; see wenden. Cognate to Dutch wende.

Noun

Wende f (genitive Wende, plural Wenden)

  1. turn (change in temperament or circumstance)
  2. turnaround (reversal of policy)
  3. (nautical) tacking
  5. (with definite article, historical) the process that opened the way to the unification of West and East Germany; that period (1989–90) in general
Declension
Declension of Wende
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wende die Wenden
genitive einer der Wende der Wenden
dative einer der Wende den Wenden
accusative eine die Wende die Wenden
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wint, winde, from Old High German winid, from Proto-Germanic *winidaz. The newer e-form is said to have spread from Middle Low German went.

Noun

Wende m (weak, genitive Wenden, plural Wenden, feminine Wendin)

  2. (regional or dated) Sorb, Wend, Lusatian Slav (a member of the native West Slavic-speaking population in parts of Saxony and Brandenburg; male or unspecified sex)
    Synonyms: Sorbe, Lausitzer Slawe/Wende
  3. (historical) a member (male or unspecified sex) of the Slavic tribes settling west of the Oder (along the Elbe) or their later linguistic remnants (outside of Sorbian areas until ca. 1700)
    Synonym: Elbslawe
  4. (archaic) a Slav in general (male or of unspecified sex)
    Synonym: Slawe
Usage notes
  • Nowadays Sorbs in Brandenburg (speaking the almost extinct Lower Sorbian) commonly call themselves Wenden in German, whereas speakers in Saxony (Upper Sorbian) almost never use the term. This distinction is recent.
Declension
Declension of Wende
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Wende die Wenden
genitive eines des Wenden der Wenden
dative einem dem Wenden den Wenden
accusative einen den Wenden die Wenden
Derived terms
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