deshalb German · revision 35032

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈdɛshalp/, /dɛsˈhalp/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''deshalb'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|deshalp]], a fusion of [[m|gmh|des]], the genitive of the pronoun [[das]], with [[m|gmh|halp]], shortened from [[m|gmh|halbe|t=side, direction]].^(DWB2|6, 756)^(DWB|2, 1029)^(Wiktionary)^(Duden GWDS 1999) The Middle High German accusative adverb [[m|gmh|disehalp]] meant “on this side”; the genitive, as in [[m|gmh|sînhalp|t=for his sake]], carried the sense “because of”.^(DWB|2, 1029) The noun [[m|gmh|halbe]] belongs to [[halb]], whose substantivised feminine means “side” throughout Germanic.^(Kluge 2011|387) Wiktionary compares Paderborn [[nds|diäßhalw]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Notker (before 1022) ''des halb'' is still a phrase rather than a single word, meaning “for that reason”.^(DWB2|6, 756) Old High German glosses of the 12th century also have ''desehalb'' “on this side”.^(Köbler AHD)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The causal sense “therefore, for that reason” was there from the start, as in ''König Rother'' (1150/60) and in Otte about 1210.^(DWB2|6, 756) It became the dominant use from the middle of the 18th century, with rising frequency.^(DWB2|6, 756) Older German also had ''deshalben'', and Adelung, around 1800, preferred the spelling ''deßhalb'' and noted that as a conjunction ''derhalben'' was more usual.^(Adelung 1793)^(FWB)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1022 – Notker writes ''des halb''.^(DWB2|6, 756)

+ * 1150/60 – ''des halp'' in ''König Rother''.^(DWB2|6, 756)

+ * c. 1210 – ''deshalp'' in Otte.^(DWB2|6, 756)

+ * mid-18th century – The causal adverb becomes the dominant use.^(DWB2|6, 756)

+ * 1793 – Adelung records ''deshalb'' and ''deshalben''.^(Adelung 1793)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # For that reason, [[m|en|therefore]], because of that: ''es regnete, deshalb blieben wir zu Hause''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With a following clause: ''deshalb, weil …'' “for the reason that …”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[halb]]

+ * [[dieserhalb]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}