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Gender and declensions of German nouns

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Wende

  • pl.Wenden
  1. turn (change in temperament or circumstance)
  2. turnaround (reversal of policy)
  3. tacking
  4. the process that opened the way to unification between West Germany and East Germany; that era in general (1989–1990)
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Wende

  • pl.Wenden
  • gen.Wenden
  1. Sorb; Wend (a member of the native West Slavic-speaking population in parts of Saxony and Brandenburg; male or unspecified sex)
  2. A member (male or unspecified sex) of the Slavic tribes that settled west of the Oder (along the Elbe) or their later linguistic remnants (outside of Sorbian areas until ca. 1700)
  3. A Slav in general (male or of unspecified sex)

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