diesmal German · revision 35466

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1420, Justinger's Berne chronicle}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diesmal'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|dieser|Mal|t1=this|t2=time]], fused from the syntactic group, with the variant [[diesesmal]].^(DWB2|6, 1036)^(Wiktionary) The same formation is [[gml|ditmāl]] and [[nl|ditmaal]].^(DWB2|6, 1036)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest record, after 1420 in Justinger's Berne chronicle, is ''uf dismale'' “for this time”; combined with ''auf'' or ''für'' was the original use and predominated in the 15th and 16th centuries.^(DWB2|6, 1036) A Vienna document of 1497 has ''ditzmal'' alone, “this time”.^(DWB2|6, 1036)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Early New High German has the variants ''diesmals'' and ''diesmalen'' “this time, at this point”.^(FWB) Luther's Bible writes ''dis mal'' (Exodus 9:14), and the spellings ''diszmal'' and ''dießmal'' were common before ''diesmal''.^(DWB|2, 1143)^(DWB2|6, 1036) The prepositional use survives in ''für diesmal'' “for now, for this once”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(DWB2|6, 1036)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * After 1420 – ''uf dismale'' in Justinger's Berne chronicle.^(DWB2|6, 1036)

+ * 1497 – ''ditzmal'' in a Vienna document.^(DWB2|6, 1036)

+ * 16th century – Luther's Bible writes ''dis mal''.^(DWB|2, 1143)

+ * 1809 – Goethe writes ''dießmal bin ich's'' in ''Die Wahlverwandtschaften''.^(DWB2|6, 1036)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # This time, on this [[m|en|occasion]], as opposed to another: ''Diesmal fahren wir mit dem Rad.'';^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) ''für diesmal'', for now.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Mal]]

+ * [[dieser]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}