Klassenbewusstsein

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Klasse +‎ -n- +‎ Bewusstsein

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Klas‧sen‧be‧wusst‧sein

Noun

Klassenbewusstsein n (genitive Klassenbewusstseins, no plural)

  1. (Marxism) class consciousness [from 1865]

Declension
Declension of Klassenbewusstsein (sg-only neut strong)
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Klassenbewusstsein
genitive eines des Klassenbewusstseins
dative einem dem Klassenbewusstsein
accusative ein das Klassenbewusstsein

Descendants
  • → English: class consciousness (calque)

Usage notes

The spelling Klassenbewusstsein has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Klassenbewußtsein) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

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