Verlag German · revision 35255

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /fɛɐ̯ˈlaːk/, /fɐˈlaːk/, /fɐˈlax/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Verlag''' ''m'' (genitive Verlages or Verlags, plural Verlage or Verläge)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a noun formed from [[verlegen]] in its old sense “to lay out money, take the cost of something on one's own account”, a sense of late Middle High German “verlegen”.^(Kluge 2011|954)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary) The verb itself is [[legen]] with the prefix [[ver-]].^(Pfeifer 1993) The Grimms note that Middle High German had the verb but no matching noun, using “verlegunge” instead.^(DWB|25, 711)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Paul and Wiktionary date the noun to the 16th century, when it meant “expenses, outlay for an undertaking”.^(Paul 2002)^(Wiktionary)^(Pfeifer 1993) The Grimms quote Leonhard Thurneisser (1575), who says a work was compiled ''durch kaiser Friderichs verlag'', “at the expense of Emperor Frederick”.^(DWB|25, 711)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the sense “to pay the costs for someone” the verb ''verlegen'' came to mean, in the 16th century, “to bear the costs of printing, bring out a book”.^(Pfeifer 1993) The noun followed: Pfeifer dates “printing and publishing of books” to the second half of the 17th century, “the books published” to the second half of the 18th, and “publishing firm” to the 19th;^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002) Paul cites ''Bücher-Verlag'' from 1673.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002) Goethe still uses it of the activity in his letters to Cotta.^(Paul 2002) The general sense “outlay” survives in Möser and Goethe.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|25, 711)

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+ The agent noun [[Verleger]] meant “entrepreneur” in the 15th century and was narrowed to the publisher of books in the 17th.^(Kluge 2011|954)^(Pfeifer 1993) ''Selbstverlag'' is recorded in Voß in 1780, and ''Bierverlag'', a beer distributor, around 1900.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 16th century – ''Verlag'' “costs, outlay”.^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1575 – Thurneisser: ''durch kaiser Friderichs verlag''.^(DWB|25, 711)

+ * 1673 – ''Bücher-Verlag''.^(Paul 2002)

+ * Second half of the 17th century – “publishing of books”.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1780 – ''Selbstverlag'' in Voß.^(Paul 2002)

+ * Second half of the 18th century – “the books a publisher has brought out”.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 19th century – “publishing firm”.^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|publisher]], a publishing house: ''Der Roman erscheint im Herbst in einem kleinen Verlag.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(commerce, dated)'' A [[m|en|wholesale]] business acting as a middleman, as for beer.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # ''(Switzerland, colloquial, derogatory)'' Things left lying about, [[m|en|clutter]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Verleger]]

+ * [[Selbstverlag]]

+ * [[Bierverlag]]

+ * [[Verlagsbuchhandlung]]

+ * [[Verlagsrecht]]

+ * [[Verlagshaus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[verlegen]]

+ * [[legen]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Ein Buch in Verlag geben'' and ''in Verlag nehmen'' are now dated.^(Duden GWDS 1999) In Austria the plural is also ''Verläge''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}