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Aufklärung
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English
Etymology
en de Aufklärung enlightenment; Enlightenment.“‖Aufklärung” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Pronunciation
oufʹklârʀo͝ong, en /ˈaʊfklɛəɹʊŋ/,
Proper noun
the Aufklärung
en history The Enlightenment.
Translations
the Enlightenment Enlightenment
Noun
Aufklärungen
en philosophy An enlightenment.
en sometimes pejorative Illuminism; the aims, manner, spirit, etc. of the Aufklärer.
Quotations
en 1998 Bram Stoker's Dracula https://books.google.com/books?id=QAUeAfq7peQC 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
enlightenment enlightenment
Related terms
en Aufklärer
References
German
Etymology
de :af aufklären -ung
From de aufklären -ung.
Pronunciation
de /ˈaʊ̯fˌklɛːʁuŋ/ standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland
de /-ˌkleː-/ overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions
de De-Aufklärung.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Auf klä rung
Noun
f
the act of enlightening; an instance of enlightening
de Immanuel Kant 1783 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.
de history the Enlightenment
de sexuelle Aufklärung,Sexualaufklärung sex education
clarification, as of a criminal case, mystery, etc.
elucidation
cipher services; intelligence
de military reconnaissance unit
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Luftaufklärung Zeitalter der Aufklärung
Related terms
de auf aufklären klar klären
Further reading
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id de Aufklärung.
Noun
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en Aufklärung
Further reading