# die Versiegelung

die Versiegelung is a German noun meaning “sealing”. Forms: der Versiegelung, die Versiegelungen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Versiegelung
- Plural: die Versiegelungen

## In other languages

- Русский: запечатывание, опечатывание

## Meanings

1. sealing (e.g. of a document with a signet to indicate authorship, approval, etc)
2. sealing to discourage or make noticeable unauthorized opening of (something, e.g. a letter, or a building)
3. _no plural_ the waterproof "sealing" of the earth's surface by human constructions
   - Durch die Versiegelung des Bodens durch Wohnbebauung, Gewerbe- und Industriestandorte sowie Verkehrsflächen und damit verbundenen Drainage- und Kanalisationsvorrichtungen werden große Mengen an Niederschlagswasser nicht mehr dem Grundwasser zugeführt, sondern gelangen direkt in die oberirdischen Gewässer. — Through the "sealing" of the ground by the construction of residences, trade- and industrial- sites, as well as road areas and their associated drainage- and sewage- channels, large quantities of precipitation no longer enter the groundwater, but rather flow directly into surface waters.
4. a particular Christian sacrament
5. _archaic_ verification, substantiation (of something)

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