gentrification
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gentrification
The socioeconomic process in which, through the renovation and upgrading of a city district, lower-income residents are displaced and replaced by wealthier ones.
Die Gentrifizierung führt in vielen Großstädten zu steigenden Mieten und verändert die soziale Struktur der Viertel.
Gentrification leads to rising rents in many large cities and changes the social structure of neighborhoods.
The word is a loanword from English, derived from 'gentry' (minor nobility, upper middle class). The German ending '-ierung' always indicates a process or development.
Die Endung „-ierung“ findet man in vielen Wörtern, die einen Prozess beschreiben, wie „Modernisierung“ oder „Globalisierung“.
The ending '-ierung' is found in many words that describe a process, such as 'Modernisierung' (modernization) or 'Globalisierung' (globalization).
'Gentrifizierung' (gentrification) is a technical term from sociology and urban planning. However, it is now also used frequently in newspapers and in general language when the topic is urban development and rents.
In der Podiumsdiskussion wurde über die Folgen der Gentrifizierung für Berlin gesprochen.
The panel discussion addressed the consequences of gentrification for Berlin.
Common verbs used in connection with gentrification are 'vorantreiben' (to drive forward), 'bekämpfen' (to fight), or 'stoppen' (to stop). Districts are often 'von Gentrifizierung betroffen' (affected by gentrification), or it 'führt zu' (leads to) rising rents.
Viele Anwohner sind von der Gentrifizierung ihres Viertels betroffen.
Many residents are affected by the gentrification of their neighborhood.
renovation / restructuring / remediation
'die Sanierung' and 'die Gentrifizierung' can both have to do with the upgrading of a city district. 'Sanierung' describes concrete work on buildings or apartments so that they become better, more modern, or safer. 'Gentrifizierung' describes a social process: a district becomes more expensive, and people with less money are often displaced. The words can be confused because renovations can be part of gentrification. But Sanierung is a construction measure, while Gentrifizierung describes the consequences for the residents and the district.
Durch die Gentrifizierung können sich viele Familien die Miete im Viertel nicht mehr leisten.
Because of gentrification, many families can no longer afford the rent in the neighborhood.
Die Stadt bezahlt die Sanierung der alten Schule, weil das Dach kaputt ist.
The city is paying for the renovation of the old school because the roof is damaged.