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German
Etymology
From Weg (“way”) + weisend (“pointing”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: weg‧wei‧send
Adjective
wegweisend (strong nominative masculine singular wegweisender, comparative wegweisender, superlative am wegweisendsten)
- pointing the way (ahead), pioneering, pathbreaking
- Synonyms: richtunggebend, richtungweisend/richtungsweisend; (especially jargon of advertising, publicity) ultimativ
eine wegweisende Deklaration / Erfindung / Rede / Tat / Untersuchung- a declaration / invention / speech / deed / investigation that points the way (ahead)
a pioneering/pathbreaking declaration / invention / speech / deed / investigation
1997 September 12, “Eröffnung mit Tage der offenen Tür”, in St. Galler Tagblatt:Im Mittelpunkt steht die Besichtigung der modernsten und wegweisendsten Verbrennungsanlage der Schweiz.- The focus of attention is the inspection of the most modern and most pioneering incinerator of Switzerland.
1998 March 10, “Begegnungen mit Faun und Fee”, in St. Galler Tagblatt:Der Pfarrer rief der grossen Schar der Mittrauernden das wegweisende, lebensbejahende Licht der Welt in Erinnerung.- The priest/minister called for the great crowd of co-mourners the world′s light that points the way ahead and affirms life to mind.
2005 June 26, “Unübersehbare Signale”, in NZZ am Sonntag, page 91:Und nun plötzlich dies: Drei der stilistisch wegweisendsten Autos werden derzeit in knalligem Orange beworben.- And now this all of a sudden: three of the stylistically most pathbreaking cars are at present advertised in gaudy orange.
Declension
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Synonyms
- (in the broadest sense) bahnbrechend, bestimmend, einschneidend, entscheidend, epochemachend, federführend, maßgebend, maßgeblich, revolutionär, schicksalhaft, tonangebend, zielsetzend, zukunftsweisend
- (erudite) epochal, programmatisch
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