Wende

Etymology 1
From, from ; see. Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) turn (change in temperament or circumstance)
 * 2) turnaround (reversal of policy)
 * 3)  tacking
 * 4)   the process that opened the way to the unification of West and East Germany; that period (1989–90) in general

Etymology 2
From, , from , from. The newer e-form is said to have spread from.

Noun

 * 1)   Sorb, Wend, Lusatian Slav a member of the native West Slavic-speaking population in parts of Saxony and Brandenburg; male or unspecified sex
 * 2)  a member  of the Slavic tribes settling west of the Oder (along the Elbe) or their later linguistic remnants (outside of Sorbian areas until ca. 1700)
 * 3)  a Slav in general
 * 1)  a Slav in general
 * 1)  a Slav in general

Usage notes

 * Nowadays Sorbs in Brandenburg (speaking the almost extinct Lower Sorbian) commonly call themselves in German, whereas speakers in Saxony (Upper Sorbian) almost never use the term. This distinction is recent.