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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

verwirklichen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: verwirklichen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Materialize/məˈtɪə.ri.ə.laɪz/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Ihre Pläne begannen sich zu verwirklichen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To become actual fact; to happen or take place as expected or desired.

    "Their plans to open a new cafe finally materialized after months of preparation."
  2. 2

    To appear or cause to appear in bodily or physical form.

    "The legendary creature was said to materialize out of the morning mist."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'materialis', meaning 'pertaining to matter', combined with the Greek suffix '-ize'. It entered the English language in the early 19th century initially in a spiritualistic context to denote the appearance of a spirit in bodily form, later expanding to mean the realization or actualization of abstract concepts.

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