"Sturm und Drang" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈʃtʊɐ̯m ʊnt ˈdʁaŋ] Audio: De-Sturm und Drang.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: Sturms und Drangs [genitive], Sturmes und Dranges [genitive], Sturm und Drang [genitive]
Etymology: 1820s, after the play Sturm und Drang (1776) by Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger. Head templates: {{de-noun|m,Sturms und Drangs:Sturmes und Dranges:Sturm und Drang.sg}} Sturm und Drang m (strong, genitive Sturms und Drangs or Sturmes und Dranges or Sturm und Drang, no plural)
  1. (literature, music, theater) Sturm und Drang (proto-Romantic artistic movement) Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong Synonyms: Geniezeit
    Sense id: en-Sturm_und_Drang-de-noun-yb0yNAWV Categories (other): Literature, Music, Theater, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, German coordinated pairs, German entries with incorrect language header, Emotions, Historical events Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 8 55 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 5 53 4 Disambiguation of German coordinated pairs: 56 44 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Emotions: 94 6 Disambiguation of Historical events: 49 51 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, literature, media, music, publishing, theater
  2. (figuratively) A period of turmoil. Tags: figuratively, masculine, no-plural, strong
    Sense id: en-Sturm_und_Drang-de-noun-eiy41dcl Categories (other): Historical events Disambiguation of Historical events: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Germany Disambiguation of Germany: 0 0

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