Verein German · revision 34818

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯n/^(Wiktionary)

+ * Germany: /fɛˈʁaɪ̯n/^(Wiktionary)

+ * Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland: /fɛɐ̯ˈʁaɪ̯n/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Verein''' ''m'' (genitive Vereines or Vereins, plural Vereine)^(Wiktionary)

+ The older noun was feminine, ''die Vereine'', and Adelung notes that some Upper German regions kept that gender, with the plural ''Vereinen''.^(Adelung 1793)^(DWB|25, 272) The Grimms' dictionary also records the neuter ''das Verein''.^(DWB|25, 272)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|vereine|t=union, agreement]], a feminine noun formed from the verb [[m|gmh|vereinen]] (modern [[vereinen]]).^(Köbler MHD)^(Wiktionary)^(Kluge 2011|951) In Early New High German the feminine noun is recorded in the 16th century, and in the 18th century a masculine noun arose beside it or out of it.^(Kluge 2011|951)^(Pfeifer 1993) The Duden dictionary treats the modern noun as a back-formation from the verb.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ The verb is [[m|goh|fireinen|t=to resolve]], a strengthening formation with the prefix [[ver-]] on [[einen|t=to unite]], from [[ein|t=one]]; the same verb is [[gml|vorēnen]] and [[nl|verenen]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(EWA|2, 994)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Middle High German ''vereine'' “union, agreement” is recorded in 1314 and in Tauler.^(Köbler MHD) The modern masculine is first found in 1517, in the ''Theuerdank'' of Emperor Maximilian I, of an alliance between parties.^(WGd)^(Adelung 1793)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word first belonged to constitutional law, of leagues between princes and estates: the electors' unions of 1338, 1399 and 1424 were called ''Churvereine'', a 1534 text speaks of the ''christlichen verain'' of the Schmalkaldic League, and in 1632 the alliance of the Ten Jurisdictions in the Grisons was called ''die ewige verein''.^(Adelung 1793)^(DWB|25, 272) Adelung still considered it an Upper German word.^(Adelung 1793)

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+ In the 18th century it also meant the state of being united, as in Schiller's ''Gesang und Liebe in schönem Verein'', which gave the phrase ''im Verein mit'' “together with” (19th century).^(DWB|25, 272)^(Pfeifer 1993) From the early 19th century the word named a group of people joined for a purpose.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary DE) In the course of that century the ''Verein'' became the typical form of German cultural, social and political life, regulated by the law of associations, and in football it became a strong focus of identity, often with a possessive (''mein Verein'').^(WGd) English borrowed ''Zollverein'' in 1843, ''Turnverein'' in 1852 and ''Verein'' itself in 1853.^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1314 – Middle High German ''vereine'' “union, agreement” is recorded.^(Köbler MHD)

+ * 1517 – ''Verein'' appears in the ''Theuerdank''.^(WGd)

+ * 1534 – The Schmalkaldic League is called a ''verain''.^(DWB|25, 272)

+ * 18th century – The masculine noun spreads, also meaning “state of being united”.^(Kluge 2011|951)^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * Early 19th century – The word names an association of people.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ * 1843 – English ''Zollverein'' is recorded.^(LWP)

+ * 1853 – English ''Verein'' is recorded.^(LWP)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|association]], [[m|en|club]] or society whose members pursue a common aim under fixed statutes: ''Mitglied in einem Verein werden''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' In ''eingetragener Verein'' (abbreviated ''eV''): a registered association.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # ''(colloquial, ironic)'' A group of people, a bunch: ''ein seltsamer Verein''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # In ''im Verein mit'': together with, in combination with.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Sportverein]]

+ * [[Turnverein]]

+ * [[Zollverein]]

+ * [[Vereinsrecht]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vereinen]]

+ * [[vereinigen]]

+ * [[einen]]

+ * [[ein]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}