Umvolkung

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German

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Etymology

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um +‎ Volk +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Umvolkung f (genitive Umvolkung, no plural)

  1. (politics) a policy that aims at radically changing the demographic composition of a population, through immigration and influencing reproductive behaviour

Usage notes

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  • The word is most often used to refer to the growth of allochthone communities in post-war Germany and western Europe, which is thereby labelled a deliberate strategy to weaken the autochthone populations. The word was originally restricted to the radical right, but is now seeing some usage among right-wing conservatives.

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: omvolking (calque)