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What language did Wegener use to label his theory "Kontinentalverschiebung"?

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Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift was originally called "Kontinentalverschiebung". This is a German word that means "continental drift". Wegener was a German scientist, and he wrote his theory in German. He published his theory in 1915, but it was not widely accepted at the time. It wasn't until the 1960s that scientists began to accept Theory of continental drift.
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