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Aufklärung

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Aufklärung (enlightenment; Enlightenment).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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the Aufklärung

  1. (history) The Enlightenment.[1]

Translations

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Noun

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Aufklärung (plural Aufklärungen)

  1. (philosophy) An enlightenment.
  2. (sometimes derogatory)[1] Illuminism; the aims, manner, spirit, etc. of the Aufklärer.[1]

Quotations

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  • 1998, Bram Stoker's Dracula[1], page 109:
    […] nor is it the embodiment of the various Aufklärungen by which his cultural torchbearers, like the sacrificed Winckelmann of The Renaissance, had hoped to illuminate pockets of lingering Gothic darkness.

Translations

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 ‖Aufklärung” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

German

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Etymology

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From aufklären +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯fˌklɛːʁuŋ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌkleː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Auf‧klä‧rung

Noun

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Aufklärung f (genitive Aufklärung, plural Aufklärungen)

  1. the act of enlightening; an instance of enlightening
  2. (history) the Enlightenment
  3. ellipsis of sexuelle Aufklärung or Sexualaufklärung (sex education)
  4. clarification, as of a criminal case, mystery, etc.
  5. elucidation
  6. cipher services; intelligence
  7. (military) reconnaissance unit

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Aufklärung.

Noun

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Aufklärung (uncountable)

  1. Aufklärung

Further reading

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