beispielsweise German · revision 35331

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈbaɪ̯ʃpiːlsˌvaɪ̯zə/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''beispielsweise'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|de|Beispiel|-weise]], with the linking -s-.^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE) It grew out of 15th- and 16th-century phrases in which the preposition [[in]] governed the genitive of the noun followed by [[Weise]], “in the manner of an example”.^(DWB2|4, 816)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002)

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+ The noun goes back to [[gmh|bīspel]] and [[odt|bīspil|t=parable, saying]], like [[ang|bīspell]] a compound of [[bei]] and [[gem-pro|*spellą|t=tale, story]], “that which is told beside”.^(Kluge 2011|106)^(Pfeifer 1993) That Germanic word survives in [[got|𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻|tr=spill|t=tale, fable]], [[non|spjall]], [[goh|spel|t=speech, story]] and [[en|spell]]; in late Middle High German its vowel was assimilated to [[Spiel]], as in [[Kirchspiel]].^(Kluge 2011|106)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(EWA|8, 724) The sense “model, instance” comes from [[la|exemplum]],^(Kluge 2011|106)^(Pfeifer 1993) and [[zum Beispiel]] was modelled on [[fr|par exemple]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The phrase ''in peispil weis'' is used in the 15th century by Hans Folz, and ''in beispils weiss'' in 1515.^(DWB2|4, 816) It became an adverb meaning “as, for example” at the end of the 17th century: Goldmann's book on architecture of 1696 still writes ''beyspiels weise'' separately.^(DWB2|4, 816)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adverb remained rare until the 19th century.^(DWB2|4, 816) A review of 1772 cites a passage ''nur beyspielsweise'', “only by way of example”, and a Prussian legal text of 1808 notes that certain classes of peasants are listed ''bloß beispielsweise'', merely as examples.^(DWB2|4, 816) In the 20th century it became common in newspapers and prose.^(DWB2|4, 816) Paul counts it among the adverbs in ''-weise'' that go back to a genitive governed by ''in'', a preposition later dropped.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 15th century – Hans Folz uses the phrase ''in peispil weis''.^(DWB2|4, 816)^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1696 – First record of the adverb, still written as ''beyspiels weise''.^(DWB2|4, 816)

+ * 1772 – ''beyspielsweise'' is written as one word in a review.^(DWB2|4, 816)

+ * 1808 – A Prussian legal text uses ''bloß beispielsweise''.^(DWB2|4, 816)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # For [[m|en|example]], for [[m|en|instance]]; abbreviated ''bspw.'': ''Manche Vögel, beispielsweise Störche, ziehen im Herbst nach Süden.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Beispiel]]

+ * [[Weise]]

+ * [[beispielhaft]]

+ * [[beispiellos]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}