derzeit German · revision 34954

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈdeːɐ̯t͡saɪ̯t/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''derzeit'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a univerbation of a genitive of time, [[gmh|der zīte|t=at the time]], made of the article [[m|de|der]] and [[Zeit]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)^(DWB2|6, 748) A side form [[m|de|derenzeit]] is also recorded.^(DWB2|6, 748) Compare [[nl|destijds|t=at the time]], formed the same way.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records Middle High German ''derzīt'' in the ''Kreuzfahrt Landgraf Ludwigs'' of 1301.^(Köbler MHD) In the earliest quotations of the revised Grimm dictionary it means both “at present”, as in a chronicle of about 1450 naming a man ''derzyt schultheiss'' “then mayor”, and, looking back, “at that time”, as in Michel Beheim's rhymed chronicle of 1469.^(DWB2|6, 748)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Early New High German dictionary gives both senses, “at this time, now” and “then, in the past”.^(FWB) Both were still used in the 20th century: a 1967 newspaper uses it for the present, and Arnold Zweig in 1937 for the past.^(DWB2|6, 748) In standard German the sense “at present, for the time being” now prevails, and the Duden dictionary marks “at that time” as becoming dated.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1301 – Middle High German ''derzīt'' in the ''Kreuzfahrt''.^(Köbler MHD)

+ * c. 1450 – Used of a man then in office.^(DWB2|6, 748)

+ * 1469 – Michel Beheim uses it for “at that time”.^(DWB2|6, 748)

+ * 1825 – Grillparzer uses it for the present.^(DWB2|6, 748)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # At present, [[m|en|currently]], for the time being: ''Das Museum ist derzeit geschlossen''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(dated)'' At that time, back then.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Zeit]]

+ * [[zurzeit]]

+ * [[seinerzeit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}