traditionell German · revision 35431

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [tʁaditsi̯oˈnɛl]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''traditionell''' (strong nominative masculine singular traditioneller, comparative traditioneller, superlative am traditionellsten)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|traditionnel]], borrowed in the early 19th century; the French adjective, of the 18th century, is formed from [[m|fr|tradition]].^(DFWB)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden GWDS 1999) In German it can also be seen as [[Tradition]] with the suffix [[-ell]].^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE) The noun was borrowed in the first half of the 16th century from [[la|trāditiō|t=handing over, transmission]], from [[m|la|trādō|t=to hand over]], which is formed from [[m|la|trāns-|t=across]] and [[m|la|dō|t=to give]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Kluge 2011|923)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is from 1823, about ''jene traditionelle Theateretikette'' “that traditional theatre etiquette”.^(DFWB) It meant “based on tradition, handed down”.^(DFWB)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adjective soon meant “customary, conventional” and could be praising (“steeped in history”) or critical (“too bound to tradition”).^(DFWB) An older sense “handed down by oral or written report”, used of legends and stories by Immermann and Alexander von Humboldt, is now dated.^(DFWB)^(DWB|21, 1025) As an adverb it also means “as usual, as always”.^(DFWB)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st half of the 16th century – ''Tradition'' is borrowed from Latin.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1823 – First record of ''traditionell''.^(DFWB)

+ * 1831 – ''die Vergangenheit mit ihren traditionellen Interessen''.^(DFWB)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|traditional]]: according to or based on tradition: ''die traditionelle Küche''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Customary, as always: ''Das Fest findet traditionell im Mai statt.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(DFWB)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Tradition]]

+ * [[tradieren]]

+ * [[Traditionalismus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}