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der Sẹlbst·zweck <-(e)s> no pl

Putzen ist für ihn zum Selbstzweck geworden.

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

Putzen ist für ihn zum Selbstzweck geworden.
Putzen ist für ihn zum Selbstzweck geworden.

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Der Text mahnte die Brüder, gegenseitig auf die Einhaltung moralischer Grundsätze zu achten und erinnerte daran Freimaurerei kein Selbstzweck ist, sondern dem Allgemeinwohl dienen soll.
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Aus seiner Sicht kann allein das universelle geistige Leben als Selbstzweck gelten.
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Risse sah im Schreiben keinen Selbstzweck, sondern „ein Mittel und eine Disziplin zur Selbstverwirklichung“.
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Der Mensch sei dadurch Gegenstand der Liebe, dass er als vernunft- und liebefähiges Wesen Selbstzweck sei.
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Sie würden keine kulturellen oder sozialen Werte vermitteln, sondern seien Selbstzweck.
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