Meanings

  1. turn (change in temperament or circumstance)

  2. turnaround (reversal of policy)

  3. tacking

  4. historical · with-definite-articlethe process that opened the way to the unification of West and East Germany; that period (1989–90) in general

3 more meanings

Noun

  1. archaic · regionalSorb, Wend, Lusatian Slav (a member of the native West Slavic-speaking population in parts of Saxony and Brandenburg; male or unspecified sex)

  2. 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)

  3. archaica Slav in general (male or of unspecified sex)

Examples

GermanEnglish
Janni sah das Polizeiauto eine 180°-Wende vollziehen.Yanni saw the police car make a U-turn.
Janni sah, wie das Polizeiauto eine 180°-Wende vollzog.Yanni saw the police car make a U-turn.