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aufklärung

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Auf⋅klä⋅rung

  [ouf-kle-roong]
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–noun German.
1. enlightenment.
2. European History. the Enlightenment.
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Auf·klä·rung   (ouf'klā'rŏŏng)   
n.  The Enlightenment.

[German : auf, up (from Middle High German ūf, from Old High German; see upo in Indo-European roots) + Klärung, a making clear (from klären, to make clear, from Middle High German klæren, from klār, clear, from Latin clārus; see clear).]
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Aufklärung 
1801, from Ger., lit. "Enlightenment."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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