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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * /ˈvɛltvaɪ̯t/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''weltweit''' (strong nominative masculine singular weltweiter, not comparable)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed [[af|de|Welt|weit]], and is recorded from the 17th century.^(DWB|28, 1731)^(Wiktionary DE) The Grimms' dictionary notes the same formation in [[da|verdensvid]] and [[en|worldwide|alt=world-wide]].^(DWB|28, 1731)
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+ The first part is [[goh|weralt]], a West Germanic compound of [[m|goh|wer|t=man]] and a noun for “age, lifetime” preserved in [[got|𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃|tr=alds|t=age, lifetime]].^(Paul 2002)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The first sense was “as wide as the world, extending as far as the world reaches”: Weckherlin's poems praise God's protection, which ''sich weltweit und weltbrait erströcket'' (“stretches world-wide and world-broad”).^(DWB|28, 1731) Stieler's dictionary (1691) glosses it ''spatiosus et vastus instar orbis terrarum'', “spacious and vast like the globe”, and Schottelius writes that the borders of the German language extend ''weltweit''.^(DWB|28, 1731)^(Paul 2002)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The old sense “as vast as the world” remained rare and poetic.^(DWB|28, 1731) Since the middle of the 19th century, with growing internationalisation, the word has meant “reaching or covering large parts of the world, worldwide”, which is the usual sense today.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|28, 1731)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 17th century – Weckherlin uses ''weltweit'' in his poems.^(DWB|28, 1731)
+ * 1691 – Stieler records the word in his dictionary.^(DWB|28, 1731)
+ * 1702 – Kramer's German–Italian dictionary glosses it “as far as the world”.^(DWB|28, 1731)
+ * Mid-19th century – The sense “worldwide, global” takes hold.^(Paul 2002)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # [[m|en|worldwide]], covering the whole world: ''eine weltweite Krise''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ===Adverb===
+ # All over the world, [[m|en|globally]]: ''das Lied ist weltweit bekannt''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[Welt]]
+ * [[weit]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}