danach German · revision 35232

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1000, Notker}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /daˈnaːχ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''danach'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|danāch]] or [[m|gmh|darnāch]], [[inh|goh|daranāh]], a compound of the adverb [[m|goh|dara|t=there, thither]] and the preposition [[m|goh|nāh|t=after]].^(DWB2|6, 195)^(Köbler AHD)^(Wiktionary) The same formation is [[gml|dārnā]], [[dum|daerna]], [[nl|daarna]] and [[ofs|thernēi]].^(DWB2|6, 195)^(DWB|2, 721) Compare [[yi|דערנאָך|tr=dernokh]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ The first part was probably associated with the adverb [[da]] as early as Middle High German.^(DWB2|6, 195) Forms with ⟨da-⟩ occur now and then from the 11th century, but ⟨dar-⟩ prevailed until the 19th century and is still met in the 20th.^(DWB2|6, 195)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old High German ''daranāh'' is recorded in glosses and in Notker (around 1000).^(Köbler AHD)^(Schützeichel 2012|68) Its senses were “afterwards, then, later”, “behind”, “further” and “accordingly”.^(Köbler AHD)^(Schützeichel 2012|68) Notker uses it of time when he tells how Nero set Rome on fire and after that raged against his own mother.^(DWB2|6, 195)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The commonest use has always been temporal, marking something that comes after a point already named.^(DWB2|6, 195) Beside it the adverb refers to a goal or aim (''sich danach sehnen'' “to long for it”), to a rule or model to be followed (''tut danach'' in Luther's Bible, “do accordingly”), and to a matching state or quality.^(DWB|2, 721) From the last comes the colloquial ''sie ist auch danach'', said of goods that are cheap but of correspondingly poor quality, which the Grimms already record.^(DWB|2, 721)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ When they wrote, the spelling ''darnach'' was still the usual one.^(DWB|2, 721) The split construction with ''da'' and ''nach'' apart was common until the 16th century and has been colloquial in northern Germany since the 18th: ''da richte ich mich nicht nach''.^(DWB2|6, 195)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Around 1000 – Notker uses ''daranāh'' in a temporal sense.^(Köbler AHD)^(DWB2|6, 195)

+ * 1060/1065 – The ''Wiener Genesis'' has the form ''danach''.^(DWB2|6, 195)

+ * 16th century – The split construction is still common in writing.^(DWB2|6, 195)

+ * 18th century – The split construction becomes colloquial in northern Germany.^(DWB2|6, 195)

+ * 19th century – ''danach'' overtakes the older spelling ''darnach''.^(DWB2|6, 195)^(DWB|2, 721)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Of time: [[m|en|afterwards]], after that, then: ''Er aß noch schnell, danach fuhr er los.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of place or order: behind that, following: ''Vorne lief der Hund, danach kamen die Kinder.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Towards it, for it (marking an aim): ''Sie sah den Ball und griff danach.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # [[m|en|accordingly]], in accordance with that: ''Das ist die Regel, und wir halten uns danach.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(northern Germany)'' With ''da'' and ''nach'' separated: ''Da musst du nicht lange nach suchen.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[da]]

+ * [[nach]]

+ * [[darauf]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}