German words first recorded in the 18th century

It is the infinitive of verfahren “to proceed, deal with” used as a noun, and took the place of the older Verfahrung (16th century). Middle High German already had a noun vervarn, but only in the…

It is borrowed from Italian firma (“binding signature”), borrowed in the early 18th century. The Italian noun belongs to firmare (“to sign, to ratify by signature”), from Latin firmō (“to make firm…

It is from German Kranke + Haus, a compound of the noun “sick person”, the noun use of krank, with the linking element “-en-”.

It is borrowed from Italian motto (“motto; witty saying, (formerly) word”), borrowed in the 18th century. The Italian word goes back, like French mot (“word”), to Late Latin muttum (“a mutter…

It is a remodelling of older spezial, given an ending that imitates French at the beginning of the 18th century; it replaced the older adjective when used on its own. Wiktionary compares generell…

It is from German un- + abhängig. abhängig is recorded from the 15th century in the physical sense “sloping”, but its meaning “dependent” dates from the 18th century; the verb abhängen “to depend”…

It is borrowed from New Latin technica (“art; instructions for practising an art”), a learned formation on technicus (“belonging to an art, expert”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “artful…

It is the noun of the verb abschließen, analysable as from German ab- + Schluss. The verb has a Middle Low German counterpart afsluten, and appears in High German in the 16th century, but became…

It is borrowed from French actuel (“real, present, effective”), from Late Latin āctuālis (“active, effective”), formed from āctus (“a doing, act”), from agō (“to drive, do”). The same word is Dutch…

It is the phrase “in das besondere” written as one word, from German ins + Besondere (“the particular”). The Grimms' dictionary mentions the view that it imitates French en particulier. It replaced…

It is borrowed from Latin seriēs (“row, sequence, chain”), from serō (“to join, link, string together”). Late Middle High German had already borrowed the word as serje (“row, strip; sequence, course…

It is borrowed from French énergie, from Late Latin energīa (“effectiveness”), from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia, “activity, effective force”). Pfeifer and the DFWB date the borrowing to the…

It is an 18th-century alteration of Anbot, inherited from Middle High German anbot (14th century), a noun formed from anbieten (“to offer”). The form with ⟨ge-⟩ arose, Pfeifer suggests, under the…

It is borrowed from French intéressant, the present participle of intéresser (“to interest”), borrowed at the beginning of the 18th century. The verb belongs with intérêt (“interest”), which goes…

It is a compound from German Arbeit + -s- + Platz, with a linking ⟨s⟩. The first part is native and goes back to Old High German arabeit (“toil, work”) and Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (“hardship…

It is formed from German ver- + Anstalt + -en. The base noun Anstalt, Middle High German anstalt (15th century), was formed on the pattern of the older abstract nouns with a t-suffix, from stellen…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin classicus (“exemplary, model”), from Latin classicus (“of the classes of Roman citizens; of the first class”), from classis (“class”), borrowed in the 18th century…

It is borrowed from English club, taken over in the middle of the 18th century as one of the first English words of social life, together with the custom of such closed societies. The English word…

It is formed from German richten + -ung, from the verb in its sense “to align, aim”, and is recorded in its present meaning from the 18th century. The same formation existed much earlier as Middle…

It is the noun use of vorsitzend, the present participle of vorsitzen “to preside, chair”, formed in the 18th century. That verb, recorded from the 15th century, is vor + sitzen, which goes back to…

It is from German vergangen + -heit, from the past participle of vergehen “to pass”. The participle vergangen belongs to the old verb Old High German gangan (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *gangan…

It is formed from German öffentlich + -keit in the 18th century, as a German replacement for Publizität. The adjective öffentlich is from Middle High German offenlich, from Old High German offanlīh…

It is borrowed from Latin concrētus (“grown together, thickened, solid”), taken over in the 18th century from the language of philosophy. The Latin adjective is the past participle of concrēscō (“to…

It is borrowed from French contrôle, borrowed in the 18th century, contracted from older contre-rôle (“counter-roll, duplicate register”), from contre (“against”) and rôle (“roll, list”). These…

It is a back-formation from Ausländer and ausländisch, introduced in the second half of the 18th century, perhaps as a revival of an older word with a widened sense. By its parts it is aus and Land…

It is borrowed from French coalition, from English coalition, borrowed in the 18th century. The English word goes back to Medieval Latin coalitio (“union, assembly”), formed from Latin coalēscō (“to…

It is a compound from German auf (“on”) + Grund (“ground, basis”), a young fusion of the phrase with the article, “on the ground of”, which appears at the end of the 18th century; the article was…

It is a back-formation, from Middle High German bereichen (“to reach as far as, extend over”), made in the 18th century. That verb, which matches Middle Dutch bereiken, is formed with be- from…

It is borrowed from French milliard (“a thousand million”), borrowed in the 18th century. Kluge derives the French word from Old Occitan milhar (“a full thousand”), from Latin mīliārium (“a…

It is a compound from German hinter (“behind, rear”) + Grund (“ground”), first used in the later 18th century of painting and the stage. Wiktionary suggests that English background may have played a…

It is from German Teil + -weise. Adverbs in -weise go back to phrases with a genitive governed by the preposition in, as Middle High German en kriuzes wîs “in the manner of a cross”. When the…

It is from German so + mit, a fusion of the adverb with the preposition that meant “with this, with that”, like the more usual damit. Paul thinks it probably began as a word of the chanceries, like…

It is a verb formed in the late 18th century from the noun Verzicht “renunciation”, Middle High German verziht. The noun is an abstract to verzīhen (“to refuse, renounce”), Old High German firzīhan…

It is borrowed from French officiel (“official”), borrowed at the end of the 18th century. The French word goes back to Late Latin officiālis (“belonging to duty or office”), from Latin officium…

It is a back-formation from the plural of Studium, with a change of gender, at the end of the 18th century. That noun is from Latin studium (“zeal, eager pursuit; study”), a noun of studeō (“to be…

It is a learned new formation from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “far off”), through the combining form tele-, and φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). Paul's first record is from 1794; Kluge dates its…

It is from German entsprechen + -end, the present participle of the verb used as an adjective and a preposition. The verb was Middle High German entsprechen (“to answer, retort”), from ent- and…

It is from German ergeben + -nis, formed from the verb ergeben in the sense “to yield, turn out”. It was coined around 1800 as a German word for Resultat. The verb is Middle High German ergeben, Old…

It is borrowed from French initiative (“right to propose laws”), a term of French constitutional law that came up in the debates of the Revolution around 1790. Kluge dates the borrowing to the 19th…

It is borrowed from French rédaction, borrowed at the end of the 18th century. The French noun was formed to rédiger (“to draw up, write down”), from Latin redigō (“to drive back, bring into…

It is a compound from German Geschäft (“business”) + -s- + Führer (“leader”). The first part is a noun formed from schaffen “to work”, and the second is the agent noun of führen, Middle High German…

It is borrowed from French kilomètre (1790), from kilo- (“thousand”), formed from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”), and mètre, from μέτρον (métron, “measure”). It came into German in the…

It is formed in the 19th century from German Maß + nehmen, as an abstract noun to the phrase “to take measure”, like the older Maßnehmung (18th century). Kluge takes the first part here in the sense…

It is formed from German Musik + -er around 1800. It was modelled on the older Musikus, which it displaced as the usual word. The base noun was borrowed into Old High German in the 9th century as…

It is from German trotz + dem, the preposition trotz “despite” with the dative of the demonstrative, written as one word. The adverb arose in the 19th century, and the conjunction from the adverb…

It is formed from German veröffentlichen + -ung. The verb veröffentlichen was made in the 19th century from ver- and öffentlich, as a German replacement for publizieren, and the noun replaced…

It is a compound from German Wette (“bet, wager”) + bewerben (“to compete for”), formed in the 19th century as a German replacement for Konkurrenz, after French concurrence. Older formations of the…