die Wende

1. 1

   turn — change in temperament or circumstance

2. 2

   turnaround — reversal of policy

3. 3

   tackingrare

4. 4

   the process that opened the way to the unification of West and East Germany; that period (1989–90) in generalrare

5. 5

   Sorb, Wend, Lusatian Slav — a member of the native West Slavic-speaking population in parts of Saxony and Brandenburg; male or unspecified sexrare

6. 6

   a member or descendant (male or unspecified sex) of the Slavic tribes which had settled in those areas that were largely Germanized during the Middle Ages (eastern Germany, Pomerania, Lower Silesia, eastern Austria)rare

7. 7

   a Slav in general — male or of unspecified sexrare

Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.