Entscheidung German · revision 34957

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1347–1359, Claus Cranc|origins=gem-pro *skaidaną}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ʔɛntˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Entscheidung''' ''f'' (genitive Entscheidung, plural Entscheidungen)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|entscheidunge]], [[af|de|entscheiden|-ung]].^(DWB2|8, 1475)^(Köbler MHD)^(Wiktionary DE) The verb [[entscheiden]], already Middle High German, was first used of a judge's ruling: separating statements and views from one another to reach the right judgement.^(Kluge 2011|249) It is formed with [[ent-]] from [[scheiden]], [[m|goh|skeidan]], [[gem-pro|*skaidaną|t=to separate]], the same verb as [[got|𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽|tr=skaidan]] and [[ang|scēadan]].^(Kluge 2011|798)^(Pfeifer 1993) Kluge and Pfeifer derive it from the root [[ine-pro|*skē̆i-|t=to cut, separate]], also in [[la|scindō]] and [[grc|σχίζω|tr=skhízō]].^(Kluge 2011|798)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Middle High German ''entscheidunge'' is recorded in Claus Cranc's translation of the Prophets (1347–1359), and Middle Low German ''entscheiding'' in a Magdeburg charter of 1314, for a binding ruling in a dispute.^(Köbler MHD)^(DWB2|8, 1475) Paul dates the word to the 14th century;^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993) Pfeifer only to the 16th.^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Early New High German the word meant a court ruling or arbitration, and also the division of an estate and the interpretation of a dream.^(FWB) Like the verb, which was weakened and generalised in New High German, it moved from the judge's ruling to any settlement of a question, the act of making up one's mind, and the decisive turn of a battle.^(Kluge 2011|249)^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|3, 598)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1314 – Middle Low German ''entscheiding'' appears in a Magdeburg charter.^(DWB2|8, 1475)

+ * 1347–1359 – Claus Cranc uses ''entscheidunge''.^(Köbler MHD)^(DWB2|8, 1475)

+ * 1509 – Recorded in the plural for court rulings in Upper Rhine town laws.^(DWB2|8, 1475)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of deciding something, a [[m|en|decision]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The act of making up one's mind; a choice between alternatives.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # What has been decided: a ruling or [[m|en|verdict]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[entscheiden]]

+ * [[Entscheid]]

+ * [[scheiden]]

+ * [[Unterschied]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}