darum German · revision 35442

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 790, Old High German glosses}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈdaːʁʊm/, /daːˈʁʊm/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''darum'''^(Wiktionary)

+ The full forms ''darumb'' and ''darumbe'' prevailed until about 1700 and still occur in the 18th century.^(DWB2|6, 344) The contracted ''drum'' is found from early Middle High German and spread from the 16th century.^(DWB2|6, 344)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|dārumbe]], [[inh|goh|dārumbi]], a compound [[af|goh|dār|umbi|t1=there|t2=around]]: the adverb [[da]] and the preposition [[um]].^(DWB2|6, 344)^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) The same combination is found in [[osx|thar umbi]], [[ofs|therumbe]], [[nl|daarom]], [[non|þar um]] and [[sv|därom]].^(DWB2|6, 344) Luther still wrote the full form ending in -b, sometimes with umlaut, and the final consonant was only given up in the 18th century.^(DWB|2, 799)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old High German ''dārumbi'' is recorded from about 790 in glosses, and in Notker; it meant “therefore, for that reason”, “around it” and “about it”.^(Köbler AHD)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The local sense “around it” is rare and since the 18th century is mostly reinforced by ''herum''.^(DWB2|6, 344) From it came the use “about it, concerning that”, as in Walther's ''ich weiz niht wol wiez dar umbe sî'' “I do not know how it stands with it”.^(DWB|2, 799) The causal sense “for that reason” is the most frequent: Luther writes ''Darumb an jren früchten solt jr sie erkennen'' (Matthew 7:20).^(Paul 2002) With ''doch'' it says that something is no obstacle (''darum gehe ich doch hin'').^(Paul 2002) It was also used as a noun, ''das Darum'' “the reason”, from 1457.^(DWB2|6, 350) The short form [[drum]] belongs to colloquial speech.^(Wiktionary)^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 790 – Old High German ''dārumbi'' appears in glosses.^(Köbler AHD)

+ * c. 1210 – Gottfried von Strassburg uses ''dar umbe'' of things placed around a tent.^(DWB2|6, 344)

+ * 1457 – First record of the noun ''das Darum'' “the reason”.^(DWB2|6, 350)

+ * About 1700 – The full forms ''darumb(e)'' give way to ''darum''.^(DWB2|6, 344)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Around it, around this place or thing: ''ein Teich mit Weiden darum''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # About it, concerning that matter: ''Es geht ihr darum, pünktlich fertig zu werden.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # For that reason, [[m|en|therefore]] (stressed on the first syllable): ''Der Zug fiel aus, darum kam er zu spät.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(colloquial)'' ''Darum!'' “because!”, a defiant non-answer to a question one does not want to answer.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[drum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[da]]

+ * [[um]]

+ * [[warum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}