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German
Verb
das Blatt wenden (weak or irregular weak, third-person singular present wendet das Blatt, past tense wendete das Blatt or wandte das Blatt, past participle das Blatt gewendet or das Blatt gewandt, auxiliary haben)
- (figurative) to turn the page
- (often reflexive) to turn the tables, to turn the tide
das Blatt hat sich gewendet- the tide has turned
- (literally, “the page has turned”)
2023 January 3, Fabian Kretschmer, “Covid-19 in China: Der Corona-Winter ist nicht vorbei”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Nun hat sich das Blatt gewendet, die einstige „Null Covid“-Bastion ist in wenigen Wochen zum weltweiten Corona-Hotspot geworden.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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