Feminine

Wandlung

Meaning

  1. (feminine) change, alteration, transformation
  2. (feminine) consecration, transubstantiation (the changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ; the portion of Mass where this is believed to occur)
  3. (feminine) withdrawal, rescission
  4. (feminine) conversion of a convertible bond (Wandelschuldverschreibung, Wandelanleihe)

Frequency

33k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvandlʊŋ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wandelunge, wandalunge, from Old High German wantalunga (“change, exchange, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandalungu, from Proto-West Germanic *wandalōn, equivalent to wandeln + -ung.

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