ursprünglich German · revision 35478

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Middle High German, in the mystics}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈuːʁʃpʁʏŋlɪç/, [ˈʔu(ː)ɐ̯.ʃpʁʏŋ.lɪç]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Also: /uːʁˈʃpʁʏŋlɪç/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ursprünglich''' (strong nominative masculine singular ursprünglicher, comparative ursprünglicher, superlative am ursprünglichsten)^(Wiktionary)

+ The umlaut was often missing in older German (''ursprunglich''), and the adjective can be stressed on either the first or the second syllable.^(DWB|24, 2546)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|ursprunclich]], formed from [[Ursprung]] with [[-lich]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary)^(Kluge 2011|945) Beside it stood [[m|gmh|ursprinclich]], from the variant noun [[m|gmh|ursprinc]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(DWB|24, 2546)

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+ The noun is [[goh|ursprung]], beside [[m|goh|urspring]], an abstract noun of the lost verb [[m|goh|irspringan|t=to spring up, arise]], for which German now says [[entspringen]]; it first meant a spring of water.^(Kluge 2011|945)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2007) The adjective passed into [[sv|ursprunglig]].^(DWB|24, 2546)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Middle High German ''ursprunclich'' first appears in the writings of the mystics.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(DWB|24, 2546) Seuse calls God ''der ursprunglich usflusz alles gutes'', “the original outflowing of all good”.^(DWB|24, 2546)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word stayed rare until the 18th century and became common only from the middle of that century.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(DWB|24, 2546) The Grimms' dictionary links its spread with the renewal of intellectual life at that time, while Duden ascribes it to the influence of French ''original''.^(DWB|24, 2546)^(Duden 7 2007) Adelung explains it as “the first of its kind” and as “containing the ground of something else”, as when God is called the original good.^(Adelung 1793) The sense “genuine, natural, unspoilt” belongs to the same period.^(DWB|24, 2546)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14th century – Seuse uses ''ursprunglich''.^(DWB|24, 2546)

+ * 1645 – Birken writes of the ''ursprüngliche Quelle'' of a river.^(DWB|24, 2546)

+ * Mid-18th century – The word comes into general use.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1793 – Adelung records the senses “first of its kind” and “containing the ground of something”.^(Adelung 1793)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|original|alt=Original]], initial, first: ''der ursprüngliche Plan''; as an adverb, originally: ''Ursprünglich wollte er Arzt werden.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|genuine|alt=Genuine]], natural, unspoilt: ''eine ursprüngliche Landschaft''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Ursprünglichkeit]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Ursprung]]

+ * [[entspringen]]

+ * [[springen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}