Menschwerdung

German

Etymology

Mensch (human being) + werden (to become) + -ung (-ing)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnʃˌvɛʁdʊŋ/

Noun

Menschwerdung f (genitive Menschwerdung, plural Menschwerdungen)

  1. (religion, chiefly Christianity) incarnation
    Es gibt nichts Erstaunlicheres als die Menschwerdung Gottes in Jesus Christus.
    There is nothing more amazing than the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ.
  2. (biology, anthropology) the evolutionary and intellectual development by which Homo sapiens sapiens came into being
    Es gibt nichts Erstaunlicheres als die Menschwerdung vom Einzeller bis hin zum modernen Menschen.
    There is nothing more amazing than the development of man from unicellar organisms to modern human beings.

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