erzielen German · revision 35477

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1200, Wolfram's Parzival|origins=gem-pro *tilą}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ɛɐ̯ˈtsiːlən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''erzielen''' (third-person singular present erzielt, past tense erzielte, past participle erzielt, auxiliary haben)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|erziln]], formed with the prefix [[er-]] from [[zielen]].^(DWB2|8, 2369)^(Köbler MHD)^(Wiktionary) The base verb is [[gmh|zilen]], [[goh|zilēn|t=to strive, hasten]], beside the noun [[Ziel]], [[m|goh|zil]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Kluge 2011|1009) Related verbs are [[got|𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍉𐌽|tr=gatilōn|t=to achieve]], [[ang|tilian|t=to strive; to till]] and [[en|till]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Kluge 2011|1009) Their further origin is unclear: Kluge compares [[cy|eddyl|t=aim]] and [[la|ad|t=to, at]].^(Kluge 2011|1009)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ The Grimms explain the old sense “to beget, produce” from the meaning “to till” of the Old English verb and of [[nl|telen|t=to breed, grow]].^(DWB|3, 1094)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record, in Wolfram's ''Parzival'' (about 1200–1210), means “begotten”: a man is ''ûz israhêlscher sippe erzilt'', “begotten of Israelite kin”.^(DWB2|8, 2369)^(Köbler MHD)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Into the 18th century ''erzielen'' meant “to beget” children, and it is still found so in Bürger, Musäus and Hebel; it was also used of crops and produce.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB2|8, 2369) Poets such as Voss and Schiller used it for “to aim at successfully”, and Wieland and Schiller for “to strive after”, uses now gone.^(Paul 2002) Adelung considered the verb largely obsolete in standard German, except in Upper German.^(Adelung 1793) The modern sense “to achieve, obtain” (a profit, a result, an agreement) grew out of these, and in sport it means “to score”.^(Paul 2002)^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1200–1210 – Wolfram's ''Parzival'' uses ''erzilt'' “begotten”.^(DWB2|8, 2369)

+ * 1552 – A Württemberg rural law speaks of the children a couple have ''erzilt''.^(DWB2|8, 2369)

+ * 1668 – Francisci says Java ''erzielet'' all kinds of spices, that is, produces them.^(DWB2|8, 2369)

+ * 1793 – Adelung calls the verb largely obsolete in High German.^(Adelung 1793)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|achieve]] or [[m|en|obtain]] something aimed at: ''Das Unternehmen erzielte einen Rekordumsatz.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(sports)'' To [[m|en|score]]: ''Sie erzielte zwei Tore.''^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[zielen]]

+ * [[Ziel]]

+ * [[en|till]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}