Umvolkung
التعريفات والمعاني
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
um + Volk + -ung
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʊmˌfɔl.kʊŋ/
=== Noun ===
Umvolkung f (genitive Umvolkung, no plural)
(politics) a policy that aims at radically changing the demographic composition of a population, through immigration and influencing reproductive behaviour
==== Usage notes ====
Word coined by National Socialism, referring to the ethnic substitution of the people of Eastern Europe with ethnic Germans. The word is used today by far-right and populist right political groups to refer to the Great Replacement conspiration theory.
==== Declension ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Dutch: omvolking (calque)
=== Further reading ===
“Umvolkung”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
“Umvolkung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Umvolkung” in Duden online
Umvolkung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de