Widerspruch in sich in German

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Etymology: Literally, “contradiction in itself”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|contradiction in itself}} “contradiction in itself”, {{lit|contradiction in itself}} Literally, “contradiction in itself” Head templates: {{de-noun|Widerspruch<m,(e)s,^e> in sich}} Widerspruch in sich m (strong, genitive Widerspruches in sich or Widerspruchs in sich, plural Widersprüche in sich) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|Widerspruch<m,(e)s,^e> in sich}} Forms: Widerspruches in sich [genitive], Widerspruchs in sich [genitive], Widersprüche in sich [plural], strong [table-tags], Widerspruch in sich [nominative, singular], Widersprüche in sich [definite, nominative, plural], Widerspruches in sich [genitive, singular], Widerspruchs in sich [genitive, singular], Widersprüche in sich [definite, genitive, plural], Widerspruch in sich [dative, singular], Widerspruche in sich [dative, singular], Widersprüchen in sich [dative, definite, plural], Widerspruch in sich [accusative, singular], Widersprüche in sich [accusative, definite, plural]

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"Widerspruch in sich" meaning in German

Noun