Klassenbewusstsein
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Klassenbewußtsein (superseded)
Etymology edit
Klasse + -n- + Bewusstsein
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Klas‧sen‧be‧wusst‧sein
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Noun edit
Klassenbewusstsein n (strong, genitive Klassenbewusstseins, no plural)
- (Marxism) class consciousness [from 1865]
Usage notes edit
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.
Declension edit
Declension of Klassenbewusstsein [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: class consciousness (calque)
Further reading edit
- “Klassenbewusstsein” in Duden online
- “Klassenbewusstsein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache