die Wende

A2 Noun frequency rank #2,646

What Wende means

Noun

turning point, turnaround (decisive change)
the Wende (the 1989/90 political change in East Germany)
tack (sailing manoeuvre)

Forms

die Wende · die Wenden

Plural: Wenden

Pronunciation

Wende in a sentence

Die Wende kam für alle überraschend.

The turning point came as a surprise to everyone.

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Wende is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #2,646 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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