jeweils German · revision 35240

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=17th century, Grimmelshausen}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈjeːvaɪ̯ls/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''jeweils'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a fusion of [[je]] and [[Weile]], so originally “each while”, that is, “each time”.^(Kluge 2011|456) The parallel form [[jeweilen]] has the dative plural of the noun instead.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ The first part, “ever”, is [[gmh|ie]], [[goh|io]], from [[gem-pro|*aiwin|t=always, ever]], a case form of [[m|gem-pro|*aiwi-|t=time, eternity]], the noun also behind [[ewig]].^(Kluge 2011|455)^(Pfeifer 1993) The noun is [[gmh|wīle]], [[goh|hwīla]], from [[m|gem-pro|*hwīlō|t=while, time]], the same word as [[en|while]].^(Kluge 2011|979)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Kluge dates the word to the 17th century.^(Kluge 2011|456) The Grimms quote it from Grimmelshausen's ''Simplicissimus'', in a passage about the roots of a tree of the social orders, of which the lower branches ''waren jeweils lustiger'' (“were at times merrier”) than the higher.^(DWB|10, 2326)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The variant ''jeweilen'' meant “at any time, now and then”: the Grimms quote Schupp, and Paul dates it to 1663.^(DWB|10, 2326)^(Paul 2002) It is still used in Switzerland but is otherwise dated.^(Duden GWDS 1999) The adjective [[jeweilig]] was formed from ''jeweilen'' or ''jeweils'';^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|10, 2326) Adelung recorded it in 1775.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|10, 2326) In modern German ''jeweils'' has become a distributive word, “in each case, each”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1663 – ''jeweilen'' “now and then” is recorded.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 17th century – Grimmelshausen uses ''jeweils''.^(Kluge 2011|456)^(DWB|10, 2326)

+ * 1775 – Adelung records the adjective ''jeweilig''.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Each time; always (in a given context): ''Der Kurs findet jeweils am Montag statt.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In each case, [[m|en|each]]: ''Die Kinder bekamen jeweils zwei Äpfel.''^(Wiktionary)

+ # At the time in question; then current: ''die jeweils geltenden Regeln''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[jeweilig]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[jeweilen]]

+ * [[je]]

+ * [[Weile]]

+ * [[zuweilen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}