Wende
German (Berlin)
/ˈvɛndə/
noun
Definitions
- turn (change in temperament or circumstance)
- turnaround (reversal of policy)
- (nautical) tacking
- (with definite article) the process that opened the way to unification between the FRG and GDR to today's FRG
Etymology
Derived from Old High German wendī.
Origin
Old High German
wendī
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Energiewende English
- Wend English
- Wendic English
- Wendish English
- Winida Latin
- -n German
- Energie German
- Energiewende German
- Jahrhundert German
- Jahrhundertwende German
- Jahrtausend German
- Jahrtausendwende German
- Sommersonnenwende German
- Sonne German
- Sonnenwende German
- Wintersonnenwende German
- Zeit German
- Zeitenwende German
- wendisch German
- vend Hungarian
- *winidaz Proto-Germanic
- wendī Old High German