österreichisch German · revision 35282

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Northern, Standard-German: /ˈøːstəʁaɪçɪʃ/^(Wiktionary)

+ * /ˈøːstɐʁaɪçɪʃ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''österreichisch''' (strong nominative masculine singular österreichischer, comparative österreichischer, superlative am österreichischsten)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|Österreich|-isch]], the adjective of the country name.^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE)^(Campe 1807) The name is [[gmh|ōsterrīche]], [[goh|ōstarrīhhi|t=eastern realm]], a compound of [[m|goh|ōstar|t=eastern]] and [[m|goh|rīhhi|t=realm, land]], the word in [[Reich]].^(Köbler AHD)^(Köbler MHD)^(Wiktionary DE) The suffix continues [[goh|-isc]], an old Germanic suffix of origin that also forms [[norwegisch]].^(Kluge 2011|451)

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+ Other proposals derive the name from a Slavic word or from a goddess Ostara; the second is no longer held.^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old High German ''ōstarrīhhi'' first meant the eastern part of the Frankish realm, East Francia, as in the Isidor and in Otfrid, who praises King Louis for ruling ''ostarrichi''.^(Köbler AHD)^(AWB|7, 137)^(ReA) A deed of gift of 996 uses ''Ostarrîchi'' for the region around Neuhofen an der Ybbs, in present-day Lower Austria.^(Wiktionary DE) The Grimms' dictionary glosses the adjective with Latin ''austriacus'' and quotes ''österrichische lehenleut'' (“Austrian vassals”) from the Zimmern Chronicle.^(DWB|13, 1379)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle High German ''ōsterrīche'' could still mean any land in the east, but it also named Austria.^(Köbler MHD)^(DWB|13, 1379) Campe notes that the name, once used generally for an eastern land, had survived only as the name of a country and state, and records ''österreichisch'' “belonging to Austria, native there, coming from there”, as in ''die österreichischen Länder''.^(Campe 1807)

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+ The Zimmern Chronicle already speaks of talking ''uf österreichisch'', in the Austrian manner of speech, and Liselotte of the Palatinate writes ''österreichisch sprechen''.^(DWB|13, 1379) Paul's dictionary keeps a list of Austrian words, among them ''Jause'' “snack”, ''Marille'' “apricot”, ''Jänner'' “January”, ''Karfiol'' “cauliflower” and ''Ribisel'' “currant”.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 8th century – Old High German ''ōstarrīhhi'' “eastern realm” appears in the Isidor translation.^(Köbler AHD)

+ * 863–871 – Otfrid uses ''ostarrichi'' for the East Frankish kingdom.^(Köbler AHD)^(AWB|7, 137)

+ * 996 – ''Ostarrîchi'' names a region in present-day Lower Austria in a deed of gift.^(Wiktionary DE)

+ * 3rd quarter of the 12th century – Middle High German ''ōsterriche'' is recorded in ''König Rother''.^(Köbler MHD)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Austrian|alt=Austrian]]: relating to [[Österreich]] or to the Austrians: ''Er fährt einen Wagen mit österreichischem Kennzeichen.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # Coming from Austria or from Austrians.^(Wiktionary DE)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Österreichisch, das Österreichische)'' Austrian German, the variety of German spoken in Austria.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Österreich]]

+ * [[Österreicher]]

+ * [[Reich]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}