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hinge of history - Wendepunkt der Geschichte

New entry		hinge of history hist. - Wendepunkt der Geschichte
Examples/ definitions with source references		Wendepunkt, der Zeitpunkt, zu dem eine Wende (1a) eintritt Beispiele: ein Wendepunkt der Geschichte der Wendepunkt in seinem Leben http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Wendepunk... Auf die Frage nach der Varusschlacht als »Wendepunkt der Geschichte« wurde an anderer Stelle eingegangen https://books.google.de/books?isbn=383097437X In Betlehem kommt der Messias zur Welt, der die Hoffnung der Armen erfüllt. ... markieren den Anfang einer neuen Welt, den Wendepunkt der Geschichte, www.clerus.org/clerus/dati/2000-05/09-10/Weihna.html September 2001: Ein Wendepunkt der Weltgeschichte? http://www.daz-augsburg.de/?p=1011 A 1900s historian called Luther's stand at Worms the hinge of history because it launched us into the modern age. Why was it a turning point? http://lutheranreformation.org/tag/history/ This moment, Greenfield argues, is a hinge of history. And it's hard to argue with him. If Kennedy had lived, Greenfield believes that Vietnam turns out different. http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/23/what-if-jfk-didnt-die/ “We now find ourselves at the hinge of history. And the direction we turn is in your hands,” said Biden. “The journey of hope is not yet finished, http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/democrat...
Comment		Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob noch ein Artikel vorangestellt werden muss. Die Kennzeichnung [Geschichte] wird wohl nötig sein, weil ja nicht eine Erzählung gemeint ist.
Author		Harri Beau (812872)	19 Feb 16, 11:30

#1	Author	KinkyAfro (587241)	19 Feb 16, 14:04
Comment		Are there any UK sources for "hinge of history"? It doesn't strike me as idiomatic.

#2	Author	lingua franca (48253)	19 Feb 16, 14:21
Comment		Are there any UK sources for "hinge of history"? Durchaus: hinge Pronunciation: /hɪn(d)ʒ/ noun (...) 1.2. A central or pivotal point or principle on which everything depends: this period can be called the hinge of history (...) The Association was formed at a fateful turning of the hinge of* our strategic history - the fall of Saigon in 1975.* I think it's important to recognize that we are at the hinge of history. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/... https://www.google.de/search?q=%22hinge+of+hi... Cf. https://www.google.de/search?q=%22hinge+of+hi... vs. https://www.google.de/search?q=%22turning+poi...

#3	Author	mikefm (760309)	20 Feb 16, 09:51
Comment		I tend to agree with Kinky - the phrase is new to me.

#4	Author	Triturus (1124813)	20 Feb 16, 14:16
Context/ examples		Wende
Comment		In der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte gab es zwei Perioden, die umgangssprachlich als "Wende" bezeichnet wurden. Zuerst der Wechsel von der SPD/FDP-Koalition zur CDU/FDP-Koalition im Jahr 1982 und dann nach dem Fall der Mauer die Wiedervereinigung 1989/90. Gibt es für eine solche Wende in der Geschichte einen vergleichbaren Kurzausdruck im Englischen?

#5	Author	MiMo (236780)	20 Feb 16, 15:00
Comment		Für die "Wende" in der DDR finden sich im E Ausdrücke wie "(Die) Wende", "change of regime", "reunification" (letzteres bedeutet aber eher "Wiedervereinigung"). Für die poilitische "Wende" 1982 in der Bundesrepublik: "political shift".

#6	Author	wupper (354075)	20 Feb 16, 20:56
Comment		I agree with Kinky and mikefm. "Hinge of history" sounds completely unfamiliar to me. The sources cited in #0 don't sound very idiomatic to me. "This moment, Greenfield argues, is a hinge of history. And it's hard to argue with him. If Kennedy had lived, Greenfield believes that Vietnam turns out different." ...sounds off to my ears. The conditional should read something like: "...believes that Vietnam would have turned out differently." "A 1900s historian called Luther’s stand at Worms the hinge of history because it launched us into the modern age." ...doesn't sound very idiomatic, either. "A 19th century historian..." The quote from Joe Biden does sound idiomatic to me in context.

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