Wandlung

German

Alternative forms
  • Wandelung

Etymology

From Middle High German wandelunge, wandalunge, from Old High German wantalunga (“change, exchange, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandalungu, from Proto-West Germanic *wandalōn, equivalent to wandeln +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvandlʊŋ/
  • Hyphenation: Wand‧lung
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  • Rhymes: -ʊŋ

Noun

Wandlung f (genitive Wandlung, plural Wandlungen)

  1. change, alteration, transformation
  2. (Roman Catholicism) consecration, transubstantiation (the changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ; the portion of Mass where this is believed to occur)
  3. (civil law until Schuldrechtsmodernisierung, now for variety) withdrawal, rescission
    Synonyms: (since Schuldrechtsmodernisierung) Rücktritt, Rückgewährschuldverhältnis
  4. (law governing public limited-liability companies) conversion of a convertible bond (Wandelschuldverschreibung, Wandelanleihe)

Declension
Declension of Wandlung [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wandlung die Wandlungen
genitive einer der Wandlung der Wandlungen
dative einer der Wandlung den Wandlungen
accusative eine die Wandlung die Wandlungen

Derived terms
  • Wandlungserklärung
  • Wandlungsrecht
  • Wandlungsfrist
  • Wandlungspreis
  • Wandlungsverhältnis
  • Wandlungswort
  • wandlungsfähig

Further reading
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