"Verdinglichung" meaning in German

See Verdinglichung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɛɐ̯ˈdɪŋlɪçʊŋ/ Audio: De-Verdinglichung.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: verdinglichen + -ung Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|verdinglichen|-ung}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "-unga", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "-ung", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "-ung", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Verdinglichung", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Verdinglichung">, {{af|de|verdinglichen|-ung}} verdinglichen + -ung Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Verdinglichung f (genitive Verdinglichung, plural Verdinglichungen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Verdinglichung [genitive], Verdinglichungen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Verdinglichung [nominative, singular], Verdinglichungen [definite, nominative, plural], Verdinglichung [genitive, singular], Verdinglichungen [definite, genitive, plural], Verdinglichung [dative, singular], Verdinglichungen [dative, definite, plural], Verdinglichung [accusative, singular], Verdinglichungen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. thingification, objectification, reification Tags: feminine Synonyms: Objektifizierung
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