Wiedergutmachung

German

Etymology

wiedergutmachen +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌviːdəʁˈɡuːtmaχʊŋ/, [ˌviːdɐˈɡuːtʰmaχʊŋ]

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• Hyphenation: Wie‧der‧gut‧ma‧chung

Noun

Wiedergutmachung f (genitive Wiedergutmachung, plural Wiedergutmachungen)

1. (accounting, insurance) amends, compensation, remediation, reparation

Usage notes

• After World War II, the term often refers to the reparations that the German government agreed to pay in 1953 to the direct survivors of the Holocaust, and to those who were made to work as forced labour or who otherwise became victims of the Nazis. See the citation page for examples.

Declension

Declension of Wiedergutmachung [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wiedergutmachung	die	Wiedergutmachungen
genitive	einer	der	Wiedergutmachung	der	Wiedergutmachungen
dative	einer	der	Wiedergutmachung	den	Wiedergutmachungen
accusative	eine	die	Wiedergutmachung	die	Wiedergutmachungen

Further reading

• “Wiedergutmachung” in Duden online