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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Weltgeschehen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: velt-ɡə-ʃeː-ən

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
World-events/ˈwɜːrld ɪˈvɛnts/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2540 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Man muss das Weltgeschehen genau verfolgen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Important occurrences, crises, or developments that affect countries and populations across the entire globe.

    "Staying informed about world-events is crucial for understanding international relations."
  2. 2

    Historical or current milestones on an international scale that shape the socioeconomic and political landscape.

    "The history curriculum covers major world-events of the twentieth century."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'world' (from Old English 'weorold', denoting human existence or the earth) and 'event' (from Latin 'evenire', meaning to come out or happen). As a compound phrase, it emerged in modern journalism and political discourse to describe significant occurrences of global reach and impact.

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