amerikanisch German · revision 35185

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Early New High German|origins=de Amerika}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ameʁiˈkaːnɪʃ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''amerikanisch''' (strong nominative masculine singular amerikanischer, comparative amerikanischer, superlative am amerikanischsten)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|de|Amerika|-anisch]].^(Wiktionary) The German edition of Wiktionary describes it as the stem of the name with a linking /n/ and the suffix [[-isch]].^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Early New High German dictionary records ''amerikanisch'' in the period 1350–1650, in a meaning close to ''indianisch'', that is, of the native peoples of the Americas.^(FWB)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “belonging to or typical of the United States” is often evaluative: in 1855 Riehl wrote of the Germans becoming ''amerikanischer'', “more realistic and economical”, and a text of 1928 speaks of an ''amerikanisches Tempo''.^(DWB2|2, 643) An ''amerikanisches Duell'' (1896) was an agreement by which the loser of a draw had to kill himself.^(DWB2|2, 643) In film, the ''amerikanische Einstellung'' is a shot showing a person from about the knees up.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE) The noun ''Amerikanisch'' “American English” may owe something to English ''American''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1650 – ''amerikanisch'' is recorded in Early New High German.^(FWB)

+ * 1855 – Riehl uses the comparative ''amerikanischer'' “more realistic and economical”.^(DWB2|2, 643)

+ * 1896 – ''amerikanisches Duell'' is recorded.^(DWB2|2, 643)

+ * 1928 – ''amerikanisches Tempo''.^(DWB2|2, 643)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|American]]: of America or the Americans, often of the [[m|en|United States]]: ''ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In American English: ''die amerikanische Aussprache''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # ''(film)'' Of a shot showing a person from about the knees up: ''amerikanische Einstellung''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Amerikanisch]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Amerika]]

+ * [[Amerikaner]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}