Konzept German · revision 35470

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [kɔnˈtsɛpt]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Konzept''' ''n'' (genitive Konzeptes or Konzepts, plural Konzepte)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|conceptum|t=something conceived]], borrowed in the 16th century;^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary DE)^(DFWB) Pfeifer adds the influence of [[m|la|conceptus|t=a taking in; thought, purpose]], since the German word first also meant “plan in the mind, intention”.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary DE)^(DFWB) Paul and the Duden dictionary derive it from the latter noun directly.^(Paul 2002)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ The Latin noun is the past participle of [[m|la|concipiō|t=to take in, conceive, put into words]], from [[m|la|con-|t=together]] and [[m|la|capiō|t=to take, seize]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary DE)^(Kluge 2011|530) The verb also gave [[konzipieren]], recorded as [[gmh|concipieren|t=to conceive]], and [[m|la|conceptiō]] gave [[Konzeption]] in the 18th century.^(Kluge 2011|530)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Köbler MHD)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Around 1500 ''Concept'' was common in the language of the chanceries for the draft of a document; a source of 1558 mentions the ''Concept'' of a little book seen two years before.^(DFWB)^(Paul 2002) In the 16th century it also meant a plan formed in the mind, a purpose, as in the Zurich Bible of about 1530.^(DFWB)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The older sense “intention” lived on in phrases: ''aus dem Konzept kommen'' “to lose the thread” (17th century) and ''jemanden aus dem Konzept bringen'' “to put someone off” (18th century).^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002)^(DFWB) ''Jemandem das Konzept verrücken'' “to thwart someone's plan” was used from about 1700 to 1900, and ''das Konzept verderben'' appears in Lenz's ''Die Soldaten'' (1776).^(Paul 2002) Adelung recorded ''Konzeptpapier'', a coarse paper for drafts, in 1774.^(Paul 2002)

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+ In modern German the word means both a rough draft of a text or speech and a clearly outlined plan or programme.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1500 – ''Concept'' is common in chancery language for a draft.^(DFWB)^(Paul 2002)

+ * c. 1530 – The Zurich Bible uses ''Concept'' for “purpose, intention”.^(DFWB)

+ * 17th century – ''aus dem Konzept kommen'' is recorded.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1774 – Adelung lists ''Konzeptpapier''.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1776 – Lenz writes ''das Konzept verderben''.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A rough [[m|en|draft]] or outline of a text or speech: ''Sie hielt den Vortrag ohne Konzept.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A clearly outlined [[m|en|plan]] or programme for a project: ''ein neues Konzept für den Stadtverkehr''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[konzeptuell]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Konzeption]]

+ * [[konzipieren]]

+ * [[en|concept]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Aus dem Konzept kommen'' is to lose the thread while speaking or working, and ''jemanden aus dem Konzept bringen'' is to make someone lose it.^(Duden GWDS 1999) ''Jemandem das Konzept verderben'' (colloquial) is to spoil someone's plans, and something that ''nicht ins Konzept passt'' does not fit in with them.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}