dafür German · revision 34884

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=early 9th century, Old High German glosses}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /daˈfyːʁ/, [daˈfyːɐ̯]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dafür'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|dâvür|alt=dāvür]], [[inh|goh|dārfuri]], a compound of [[m|goh|dār|t=there]] and [[m|goh|furi|t=for, before]], that is, [[da]] and [[für]].^(DWB2|6, 57)^(Köbler AHD)^(Wiktionary) Otfrid and Notker also have the form with [[m|goh|dara|t=thither]].^(DWB2|6, 57) Comparable compounds are [[ofs|therfore]], [[nl|daarvoor]], [[en|therefore]], [[da|derfor]] and [[sv|därför]].^(DWB2|6, 57)

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+ Forms without /r/ prevailed from the 12th century, but in the 15th and still more the 16th century the form with /r/ became frequent again, then receded in the 17th and had vanished by the end of the 18th.^(DWB2|6, 57)^(DWB) The word was mostly written separately until the 14th century and together from the 15th.^(DWB2|6, 57)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old High German ''dārfuri'' is first recorded in glosses of the early 9th century and in Notker, meaning “for it”, “before it” and “instead”.^(Köbler AHD) Otfrid (863–871) uses the compound in a spatial sense, “in front of it”.^(DWB2|6, 57)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Until about 1800 ''dafür'' competed with [[davor]] in spatial senses and was then entirely replaced by it there.^(DWB2|6, 57) Paul still quotes ''Gott bewahre mich dafür'' from the 19th century.^(Paul 2002) With verbs it formed ''dafürkönnen'' “to be responsible for”, as in Luther's ''was kan sie dafur?'', and ''dafürhalten'' “to think”, frequent from the 16th to the 18th century and surviving in the noun phrase ''nach jemandes Dafürhalten'' (1751).^(Paul 2002) A noun ''das Dafür'' “approval” appears in 1805 in Schleiermacher.^(DWB2|6, 62) In northern Germany the parts can be separated, as in ''da bin ich nicht für''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Early 9th century – Old High German ''dārfuri'' appears in glosses.^(Köbler AHD)

+ * 863–871 – Otfrid uses the compound.^(DWB2|6, 57)

+ * 12th century – Forms with ''dâ-'' prevail.^(DWB2|6, 57)

+ * 15th century – The word is usually written as one.^(DWB2|6, 57)

+ * 1751 – ''Dafürhalten'' “opinion” is recorded.^(Paul 2002)

+ * End of the 18th century – ''darfür'' disappears; the spatial senses pass to ''davor''.^(DWB2|6, 57)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # For this [[m|en|purpose]]: ''Dafür brauche ich mehr Zeit.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With regard to this; considering that: ''Dafür, dass sie erst drei Monate hier ist, kennt sie schon viele Leute.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # In favour of it: ''Die meisten stimmten dafür.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # In return for it; instead, as [[m|en|compensation]]: ''Er kocht nicht, dafür spült er.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # As this, for this (with ''halten'', ''ansehen''): ''Man könnte es dafür halten.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # ''(colloquial)'' Against it, as a remedy.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dafürhalten]]

+ * [[Dafürhalten]]

+ * [[dafürkönnen]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[davor]]

+ * [[da]]

+ * [[für]]

+ * [[en|therefore]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}