Aufklärung
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Aufklärung (“enlightenment”).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aufklärung
- The Enlightenment.[1]
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Noun
Aufklärung (uncountable)
- (sometimes derogatory)[1] Illuminism; the aims, manner, spirit, etc. of the Aufklärer.[1]
References
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- 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
Aufklärung f (genitive Aufklärung, plural Aufklärungen)
- the act of enlightening; an instance of enlightening
- the Age of Enlightenment
- 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.
- sex education
- clarification, as of a criminal case, mystery, etc.
- elucidation
- (secret services) intelligence
Declension
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Further reading
- “Aufklärung” in Duden online
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