Ergebnis German · revision 34985

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1796, Novalis|origins=gem-pro *gebaną}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [ɛɐ̯ˈɡeːpnɪs]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Ergebnis''' ''n'' (genitive Ergebnisses, plural Ergebnisse)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|ergeben|-nis]], formed from the verb [[ergeben]] in the sense “to yield, turn out”.^(DWB2|8, 1757)^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE) It was coined around 1800 as a German word for [[Resultat]].^(Duden 7 2020|304)^(Paul 2002) The verb is [[gmh|ergeben]], [[goh|irgeban]], with the prefix [[er-]] and [[geben]], [[gem-pro|*gebaną|t=to give]].^(Kluge 2011|254)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Grimms' revision finds it from about 1796, when Novalis wrote ''ergebniß'' in a list of words for gain and reward.^(DWB2|8, 1757)^(Paul 2002) Campe included it in his supplement of 1801, after Gedike.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From “yield, gain” and the result of a calculation the word spread to the findings of a scientific inquiry (1801), the ruling reached by a court or a meeting, and the consequence of a development.^(DWB2|8, 1757) Goethe also used it for “event”, as he used reflexive ''sich ergeben'' for “to happen”.^(Paul 2002) In sport it is the final score, and in business the profit or output.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1796 – Novalis uses ''ergebniß''.^(DWB2|8, 1757)^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1801 – Campe lists the word as a German replacement for ''Resultat''.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1801 – First use for the findings of experiments, in Matthisson.^(DWB2|8, 1757)

+ * 1824 – Used in economics for the outcome of a process of production.^(DWB2|8, 1757)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|result]], [[m|en|outcome]]: what follows from an effort, intended or not.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # What is found by [[m|en|calculation]], measurement or counting.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # ''(sports)'' A [[m|en|score]].^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(business)'' Earnings, profit, output.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ergebnisoffen]]

+ * [[Ergebnisliste]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ergeben]]

+ * [[geben]]

+ * [[ergiebig]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}