German

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Etymology

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From Urkunde (document) +‎ -n- +‎ Lehre (teaching).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuːɐ̯kʊndn̩ˌleːʁə/
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  • Hyphenation: Ur‧kun‧den‧leh‧re

Noun

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Urkundenlehre f (genitive Urkundenlehre, plural Urkundenlehren)

  1. (sciences, singular only) diplomatics (scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents, especially historical documents)
  2. a textbook of diplomatics

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