Seite German · revision 34929

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=late 8th century, Old High German glosses|origins=gem-pro *sīdǭ}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Germany: /ˈzaɪ̯tə/^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Seite''' ''f'' (genitive Seite, plural Seiten)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|sīte]], [[inh|goh|sīta]], [[inh|gem-pro|*sīdǭ|t=side, flank]].^(Kluge 2011|841)^(Wiktionary) The same word is [[osx|sīda]], [[ang|sīde]], [[ofs|sīde]] and [[non|síða]], and today [[nl|zijde]], [[en|side]] and [[sv|sida]];^(Kluge 2011|841)^(Pfeifer 1993) the word is missing in Gothic.^(Kluge 2011|841)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ It is generally taken as the noun of an adjective found in [[non|síðr|t=hanging down]], [[ang|sīd|t=wide, ample, long]], [[gml|sīt|t=low]] and [[goh|sīto|t=slackly]].^(Kluge 2011|841)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020) The Duden explains it as “the slackly falling part”, first the flank of the body under the arm, then of animals;^(Duden 7 2020|772)^(Duden GWDS 1999) Pfeifer as “the part stretching out long”, linking the adjective with [[sga|sír|t=long-lasting]] and with [[seit]].^(Pfeifer 1993) Wiktionary derives the adjective from [[ine-pro|*seh₁-|t=long, lasting]], also mentioning the homonymous root “to sow, drop”, with which the Duden dictionary connects it.^(Wiktionary)^(Duden GWDS 1999) Kluge calls the motive of the name unclear and the connections in need of study.^(Kluge 2011|841)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old High German ''sīta'' is first recorded in glosses of the end of the 8th century, then in Tatian, Otfrid and Notker, meaning “side, flank, hip”.^(Köbler AHD)^(Schützeichel 2012|283) Notker already speaks of the sides of a house.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|16, 379)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the side of the body the word was extended to the sides of things and became a general word of direction.^(Duden 7 2020|772) In geometry it has meant the line bounding a figure since the 15th century, a loan translation of Latin ''latus''.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|772) For books it came to mean the written or printed page in Early New High German; pages have been numbered beside leaves since about 1500.^(Duden 7 2020|772)^(Pfeifer 1993) The sense “party, side in a conflict” dates from the 16th century, but Middle High German already used it of opposing armies.^(Pfeifer 1993) Weak forms of the singular survive in ''auf Seiten'' and ''von Seiten''.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|16, 379)

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+ Adverbs in ''-seits'' come from Middle High German phrases in the accusative, such as ''dissīt'' and ''jensīt'', with an added ''-s'': ''diesseits'' (14th century), ''jenseits'' (16th century), ''andererseits'' (17th century); from them ''-seits'' became a suffix, as in ''mütterlicherseits'' (18th century).^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|772) ''Beseitigen'' “to remove” is from the 18th century, and the preposition ''seitens'' from the 19th.^(Pfeifer 1993) ''Seitensprung'', a jump to the side in the 18th century, was used morally first in Austria in the 19th.^(Pfeifer 1993) The sense “website” followed English ''web site''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * End of the 8th century – Old High German ''sīta'' appears in glosses.^(Köbler AHD)

+ * 14th century – ''diesseits'' is recorded.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 15th century – ''Seite'' is used in geometry for a side of a figure.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|772)

+ * c. 1500 – Page numbers come into use beside the numbering of leaves.^(Duden 7 2020|772)

+ * Early 16th century – First record of the sense “page of a book”.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 16th century – ''Seite'' means a party or faction.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 18th century – ''beseitigen'' and ''mütterlicherseits'' appear.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 19th century – ''seitens'' replaces ''von Seiten'' as a preposition.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|772)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # One of the surfaces that bound a body or object; a [[m|en|side]] or [[m|en|face]] of it: ''die sechs Seiten eines Würfels''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The part to the right or left of the middle: ''auf der anderen Seite der Straße''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The right or left side of the human or animal body: ''Schmerzen in der Seite''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # ''(geometry)'' A line bounding a [[m|en|polygon]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|page]] of a book, newspaper or the like; one side of a sheet.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[m|en|aspect]] of a thing or a trait of a person: ''ihre starke Seite''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A party or group opposed to another: ''die Seite wechseln''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(computing)'' A [[m|en|website]] or web page.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[seitens]]

+ * [[-seits]]

+ * [[diesseits]]

+ * [[jenseits]]

+ * [[andererseits]]

+ * [[beiseite]]

+ * [[beseitigen]]

+ * [[seitlich]]

+ * [[Seitensprung]]

+ * [[vonseiten]]

+ * [[aufseiten]]

+ * [[Speckseite]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[seit]]

+ * [[en|side]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Jemandem zur Seite springen'' or ''treten'' “to come to someone's help” goes back to a legal custom: whoever wished to speak for an accused person had to stand beside the accused.^(Duden 7 2020|773) ''Jemanden von der Seite ansehen'' is to look at someone askance.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}