entsprechend German · revision 35139

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''entsprechend''' (strong nominative masculine singular entsprechender, not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|entsprechen|-end]], the present participle of the verb used as an adjective and a preposition.^(DWB2|8, 1505)^(Paul 2002)^(Wiktionary DE) The verb was [[gmh|entsprechen|t=to answer, retort]], from [[ent-]] and [[sprechen]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(DWB2|8, 1504)^(Köbler MHD)

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+ How it came to mean “to correspond, be in keeping with” is explained in more than one way.^(Kluge 2011|249)^(Pfeifer 1993) Kluge and Paul see a loan meaning from [[fr|répondre|t=to answer; to correspond]], first in south-western German.^(Kluge 2011|249)^(Paul 2002) Pfeifer compares other verbs for “to answer” that developed the same sense, such as [[la|respondeō]], and places the change in 16th-century Alemannic.^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Grimms' revised dictionary first quotes the adjective in 1795, of the heads of the thigh bones fitting into sockets ''von entsprechender form'' “of corresponding shape”.^(DWB2|8, 1505) The verb is recorded about 1130/50 meaning “to answer”.^(DWB2|8, 1504)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “to correspond” appears in Geiler von Kaysersberg in 1510;^(DWB2|8, 1504)^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993) Wieland used it repeatedly in writings printed in Zurich in 1758, and Lessing approved of it in 1759.^(DWB2|8, 1504)^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993) The participle then became an adjective and a preposition meaning “according to”, which governs the dative;^(Paul 2002)^(DWB2|8, 1505) Paul notes that Goethe always put it after the noun, whereas it now also comes before.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB2|8, 1505) The revised dictionary quotes the preposition from Wilhelm von Humboldt (1827/29).^(DWB2|8, 1505)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1130/50 – Middle High German ''entsprechen'' “to answer”.^(DWB2|8, 1504)

+ * 1510 – Geiler von Kaysersberg uses ''entsprechen'' for “to correspond”.^(DWB2|8, 1504)

+ * 1759 – Lessing approves of the new sense.^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1795 – First record of the adjective ''entsprechend''.^(DWB2|8, 1505)

+ * 1827/29 – Wilhelm von Humboldt uses it as a preposition.^(DWB2|8, 1505)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|appropriate|alt=Appropriate]], adequate, [[m|en|corresponding]]: ''eine entsprechende Belohnung'' “a suitable reward”;^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) ''den Umständen entsprechend'' “as well as can be expected”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|relevant|alt=Relevant]], responsible: ''das entsprechende Amt'' “the relevant office”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|accordingly|alt=Accordingly]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Preposition===

+ # (with the dative, before or after the noun) According to, in accordance with.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)^(DWB2|8, 1505)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dementsprechend]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[entsprechen]]

+ * [[sprechen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}