Wochenende German · revision 35208

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈvɔxənˌɛndə/, [ˈvɔ.χn̩ˌʔɛn.də], [ˈʋɔ-]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Wochenende''' ''n'' (genitive Wochenendes, plural Wochenenden, diminutive Wochenendchen n)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound [[af|de|Woche|Ende]], with the linking element ⟨-n-⟩.^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE) In the older language it was used now and then for the end of the week; the modern sense, free time from Saturday to Sunday evening, was taken from [[en|weekend]] and became fashionable after the First World War.^(DWB|30, 939)^(Wiktionary DE)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary dates the English model to the 19th century and general use in German to about 1920.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Grimms' dictionary quotes it for the end of the week from August Winnig (1926), and in the English sense from the magazine ''Daheim'' in 1933, which calls the weekend a recent invention in Germany.^(DWB|30, 939)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 1930s the word was used of free time spent on short sporting and recreational trips into the country, and it formed many compounds: ''Wochenendausflug'', ''Wochenendhäuschen'' (Seidel, 1935), ''Wochenendkleidung''.^(DWB|30, 939) Today it usually also includes Friday evening.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * After the First World War – The sense of English ''weekend'' becomes fashionable.^(DWB|30, 939)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ * About 1920 – In general use.^(Wiktionary)

+ * 1933 – The magazine ''Daheim'' writes of the weekend as newly introduced.^(DWB|30, 939)

+ * 1935 – ''Wochenendhäuschen'' is recorded.^(DWB|30, 939)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|weekend]]: Saturday and Sunday, often with Friday evening, as days off work: ''am Wochenende fahren wir an den Bodensee''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Woche]]

+ * [[Ende]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Ein langes'' or ''verlängertes Wochenende'' is one extended by a holiday, and ''Schönes Wochenende!'' is a common parting wish.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}