ebenso German · revision 35242

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈeːbənzoː/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ebenso'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|de|eben|so]].^(Wiktionary)^(DWB2|7, 23) The first part is the adverb use of the adjective [[eben]], [[gmh|eben]], [[goh|eban]], [[gem-pro|*ebnaz|t=level, even]] (compare [[got|𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃|tr=ibns]] and [[en|even]]),^(Kluge 2011|226)^(Pfeifer 1993) which developed the adverbial senses “in the same way, exactly corresponding”.^(Pfeifer 1993) The second is [[so]], [[m|gmh|sō]], [[m|goh|sō]], from [[m|gem-pro|*swa]] (compare [[got|𐍃𐍅𐌰|tr=swa]]).^(Kluge 2011|855)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The revised Grimm dictionary's earliest example is from Johann Agricola's collection of proverbs (1529): one should value a small gain ''ebenso groß'' “as highly” as a large one.^(DWB2|7, 23) It is used to say that a quality, process or state matches that of another, often before adjectives and adverbs and with a correlative such as ''wie'', formerly also ''als'', ''als wie'' or ''denn''.^(DWB2|7, 23)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ For a long time it was usually written separately, as ''eben so'', for example by Fischart (1573) and Lessing (1772), with a growing tendency to write it as one word.^(DWB2|7, 23) Many fixed combinations grew up, such as ''ebensoviel'', recorded in 1612.^(DWB2|7, 23) Beside the comparative use there is the interjection ''Ebenso!'' “same to you!”, a reply to a wish.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1529 – Agricola's proverbs use ''ebenso groß, als''.^(DWB2|7, 23)

+ * 1573 – Fischart writes ''eben so wol''.^(DWB2|7, 23)

+ * 1612 – ''ebensoviele'' is recorded.^(DWB2|7, 23)

+ * 1772 – Lessing writes ''eben so wenig, als''.^(DWB2|7, 23)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In the same way, to the same degree; just as (much): ''Sie singt ebenso gut wie ihre Schwester.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(formal)'' Likewise, also: ''nicht nur bei den Löhnen, ebenso bei den Mieten''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Interjection===

+ # Same to you!, you too! (in reply to a wish).^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ebensogut]]

+ * [[ebensoviel]]

+ * [[ebensowenig]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[genauso]]

+ * [[eben]]

+ * [[so]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}