Umvolkung

German

Etymology

um +‎ Volk +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊmˌfɔl.kʊŋ/

Noun

Umvolkung f (genitive Umvolkung, no plural)

1. (politics) a policy that aims at radically changing the demographic composition of a population, through immigration and influencing reproductive behaviour

Usage notes

• The word is most often used to refer to the growth of allochthone communities in post-war Germany and western Europe, which is thereby labelled a deliberate strategy to weaken the autochthone populations. The word was originally restricted to the radical right, but is now seeing some usage among right-wing conservatives.

Declension

Declension of Umvolkung [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Umvolkung
genitive	einer	der	Umvolkung
dative	einer	der	Umvolkung
accusative	eine	die	Umvolkung

Descendants

• → Dutch: omvolking (calque)