folgend German · revision 35221

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''folgend''' (strong nominative masculine singular folgender, not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|volgende]], [[inh|goh|folgēnto]], the present participle of the verb [[folgen]].^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE)^(Schützeichel 2012|108) That verb is [[m|gmh|volgen]], [[m|goh|folgēn]], [[gem-pro|*fulgāną]], the same word as [[ang|folgian]], [[non|fylgja]], [[nl|volgen]] and [[en|follow]]; it has no clear relatives outside Germanic.^(Kluge 2011|308)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old High German ''folgēnto'' is found only in the glosses.^(Schützeichel 2012|108)^(Köbler AHD)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The spatial sense of [[folgen]], “to go after”, was early transferred to succession in time, as in ''am folgenden Tag'' “on the following day”.^(Duden 7 2020|280) In the 16th and 17th centuries the uninflected form was also an adverb “afterwards, then”, and Luther used it for [[folglich]] “consequently”.^(DWB|3, 1879) That adverb has fallen out of use.^(DWB|3, 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Old High German – ''folgēnto'' appears in glosses.^(Schützeichel 2012|108)

+ * 16th century – Luther uses ''folgend'' as an adverb “afterwards” and “consequently”.^(DWB|3, 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|following]], [[m|en|subsequent]], coming next in time or order: ''in den folgenden Wochen''.^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(obsolete)'' Afterwards, then; also “consequently”.^(DWB|3, 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[folgen]]

+ * [[Folge]]

+ * [[folglich]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}