Klassenbewusstsein

German

Alternative forms

Klassenbewußtsein (superseded)

Etymology

Klasse +‎ -n- +‎ Bewusstsein

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Klas‧sen‧be‧wusst‧sein

Noun

Klassenbewusstsein n (genitive Klassenbewusstseins, no plural)

(Marxism) class consciousness [from 1865]

Declension

Declension of Klassenbewusstsein (sg-only neut strong)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Klassenbewusstsein
genitive	eines	des	Klassenbewusstseins
dative	einem	dem	Klassenbewusstsein
accusative	ein	das	Klassenbewusstsein

Related terms

klassenbewusst

Descendants

→ English: class consciousness (calque)

Usage notes

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.