Aufklärung
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Aufklärung (“enlightenment, Enlightenment”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Aufklärung
- The Enlightenment.[1]
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Aufklärung (uncountable)
- (sometimes derogatory)[1] Illuminism; the aims, manner, spirit, etc. of the Aufklärer.[1]
References
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯fˌklɛːʁuŋ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˌkleː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Auf‧klä‧rung
Noun
[edit]Aufklärung f (genitive Aufklärung, plural Aufklärungen)
- the act of enlightening; an instance of enlightening
- 1783, Immanuel Kant, Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?:
- Aufklärung ist der Ausgang des Menschen aus seiner selbst verschuldeten Unmündigkeit.
- Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity.
- the Age of Enlightenment
- Short for sexuelle Aufklärung / Sexualaufklärung: sex education
- clarification, as of a criminal case, mystery, etc.
- elucidation
- cipher services; intelligence
- (military) reconnaissance unit
Declension
[edit]Declension of Aufklärung [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Aufklärung | die | Aufklärungen |
genitive | einer | der | Aufklärung | der | Aufklärungen |
dative | einer | der | Aufklärung | den | Aufklärungen |
accusative | eine | die | Aufklärung | die | Aufklärungen |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Aufklärung” in Duden online
- “Aufklärung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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