German

Noun

Wende f ‎(genitive Wende, plural Wenden)

1. turn (change in temperament or circumstance)
2. turnaround (reversal of policy)
3. (nautical) tacking
4. (idiomatic) Die Wende;
   A) in politics the change of government with a change of coalition
   B) (Wendezeit: time of change, turnaround) the process that opened the way to unification between the FRG and GDR to today's FRG

Declension

Derived terms

• Kehrtwende

Etymology 2

Noun

Wende m ‎(genitive Wenden, plural Wenden, feminine Wendin)

1. a member of a Slavic people from the borders of Germany and Poland; a Sorb; a Kashub.

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From wenden.

Noun

wende f ‎(plural wenden or wendes)

1. turnaround

Derived terms

• levenswende
• zonnewende

Etymology 2

Verb

wende

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of wenden
2. singular past indicative and subjunctive of wennen

Middle English

Verb

wende

1. wend