Serie
Pronunciation
- /ˈzeːri̯ə/, [ˈzeː.ʁi.ə], [ˈzeːɐ̯.jə][1]
Forms
Serie f (genitive Serie, plural Serien)[1]
Etymology
It is borrowed from Latin seriēs (“row, sequence, chain”), from serō (“to join, link, string together”).[2][3][4] Late Middle High German had already borrowed the word as serje (“row, strip; sequence, course of time”), but the modern use goes back to a new borrowing from Latin in the early 18th century,[2][3][5] perhaps influenced by French série.[6][1] The same word is Dutch serie, English series and Swedish serie.[2]
The Duden dictionary groups the Latin verb with sors (“lot, fate”), originally perhaps a row of lots for an oracle, and with Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “to string together”), under a root Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to line up, link”).[4]
Earliest recorded meaning
The renewed loan is first recorded in 1728, in the order of chapters of a book (in der serie der Capitel), and in 1734 for things not set in any order; at first it was used mainly in trade and publishing.[6][5]
Semantic evolution
From the 18th century the word named a set of separate volumes or works that form a whole, and later any series of similar things or events.[7][6] In the 20th century it became a word of industry for mass production (1929: Serienarbeit ist billiger als Einzelanfertigung, “series work is cheaper than single manufacture”), with the phrase in Serie gehen “to go into production” and compounds such as Serienbau and Serienproduktion.[5][6] serienmäßig “standard, as series equipment” was listed in 1949.[5] It was then applied to a sequence of articles, broadcasts or television episodes.[5] Hungarian borrowed it from German as széria (1896).[8]
Timeline
- Late Middle High German – serje “row, sequence” is recorded.[2][3]
- 1728 – First record of the new loan, for the order of chapters.[6][5]
- 1896 – Hungarian széria is recorded.[8]
- 1929 – Serienarbeit “series production” is recorded.[5]
- 1949 – serienmäßig is listed in a dictionary.[5]
Meanings
Noun
- A series or set of similar things that belong together: eine Serie Briefmarken.[9][1]
- A production run: a number of products made in the same design: in Serie fertigen, in Serie gehen “to go into mass production”;[9][10] (jargon) Serie sein, to be standard equipment.[9][10]
- A sequence of related broadcasts or publications, especially a television serial: eine Serie in zehn Folgen.[9][10]
- A succession of similar events: eine Serie von Einbrüchen.[9][1]
Word family
- serienmäßig
- serienweise
- Fernsehserie
Related words
- seriell
- Sorte
- inserieren
- English series
References
- ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d Kluge, Friedrich; Seebold, Elmar (2011), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 25th ed., Berlin / Boston: De Gruyter, p. 845
- ^ a b c Pfeifer, Wolfgang, et al. (1993), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, 2nd ed., Berlin: Akademie-Verlag; digital revised version in the DWDS, dwds.de
- ^ a b Duden. Das Herkunftswörterbuch: Etymologie der deutschen Sprache (2020), 6th ed., Duden vol. 7, Berlin: Dudenverlag
- ^ a b c d e f g h Paul, Hermann (2002), Deutsches Wörterbuch: Bedeutungsgeschichte und Aufbau unseres Wortschatzes, 10th ed., ed. Helmut Henne, Heidrun Kämper and Georg Objartel, Tübingen: Niemeyer
- ^ a b c d e Schulz, Hans; Basler, Otto, et al. (1913–1988), Deutsches Fremdwörterbuch, 7 vols., Strasbourg / Berlin: Trübner / De Gruyter; 2nd ed., ed. Gerhard Strauß et al. (1995–), Berlin / New York: De Gruyter; via OWID, Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache
- ^ Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm (1854–1961), Deutsches Wörterbuch, 16 vols. in 32, Leipzig: Hirzel; digital: Wörterbuchnetz, Trier Center for Digital Humanities, p. 16, 626
- ^ a b Lehnwortportal Deutsch (2012–), Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim, lwp.ids-mannheim.de
- ^ a b c d e Duden. Das große Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache in zehn Bänden (1999), 3rd ed., Mannheim: Dudenverlag
- ^ a b c Wiktionary, das freie Wörterbuch (German Wiktionary), de.wiktionary.org