Union German · revision 35302

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [ʔuˈn̪joːn̪]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Union''' ''f'' (genitive Union, plural Unionen)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-ecc|ūniō|t=unity, union]], borrowed in the first half of the 16th century,^(Kluge 2011|942)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|888) according to the Deutsches Fremdwörterbuch from an inflected form of the Latin noun.^(DFWB) The Latin noun was formed from [[m|la|ūnus|t=one]], which is related to German [[ein]].^(Duden 7 2020|888)^(Pfeifer 1993) Wiktionary derives the German word by way of [[fr|union]].^(Wiktionary) The same word is [[nl|unie]], [[en|union]] and [[sv|union]].^(Kluge 2011|942)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record, of 1522, lists ''vnion'' among the church practices, beside the commendams and reservations, that curtailed the ordinary jurisdiction of the bishops.^(DFWB)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ At first the word was used above all in church matters, as for the union of the Lutheran and Reformed confessions (1717).^(Paul 2002) It then became mainly political, for a union of states based on a treaty: ''Personalunion'' named states joined only through the person of one monarch, and ''Realunion'' states united under one ruler with common institutions.^(Paul 2002)^(DFWB) Today it lives on chiefly in names, such as the Christlich-Demokratische Union, the Christlich-Soziale Union, the Junge Union and the [[Montanunion]].^(Paul 2002)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1522 – First record of ''vnion'', in church matters.^(DFWB)

+ * 1717 – ''Union'' is used of the union of Lutheran and Reformed churches.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1871 – Daniel Sanders records ''Personalunion'' and ''Realunion''.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|union]], [[m|en|alliance]] or association, especially of states, or of churches of related confessions: ''Die beiden Länder schlossen sich zu einer Union zusammen.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

+ # ''die Union'' ''(colloquial)'': the CDU and CSU, the two Christian democratic parties of Germany, taken together.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Personalunion]]

+ * [[Realunion]]

+ * [[Montanunion]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Unikum]]

+ * [[Uniform]]

+ * [[Universität]]

+ * [[ein]]

+ * [[en|union]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The phrase ''Junge Union'' names the common youth organisation of the CDU and CSU.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}