Wiedergutmachung

German

Etymology

wiedergutmachen +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

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

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