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Errichtung

erection

noun er-RIKH-tung Less Common
Home & Lifestyle Construction

Also means

establishment

Usage Note

Errichtung comes from errichten ('to erect, establish') and covers both putting up buildings and founding institutions. Like all -ung nouns it is feminine.

Examples

"Die Errichtung des Denkmals begann."

Natural Translation

The erection of the monument began.

Literal Translation

The erection of-the monument began.

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