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.
Bürgerinitiativen versuchen, die Gentrifizierung zu bekämpfen.
Citizens' initiatives are trying to fight gentrification.
