zuständig German · revision 35481

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈt͡suːˌʃtɛndɪç/, /ˈt͡suːˌʃtɛndɪk/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''zuständig''' (strong nominative masculine singular zuständiger, not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|zustehen|-ig]].^(DWB|32, 845)^(Adelung 1793) The Grimms' dictionary finds no Middle High German form, but a Middle Low German equivalent [[m|gml|tôstendich]] and a Middle Dutch one, and in early New High German the adjective follows the senses of the verb [[zustehen]] closely.^(DWB|32, 845) Wiktionary DE derives it instead from [[Zustand]] with a vowel change;^(Wiktionary DE) the Grimms' dictionary rejects a link with that noun, which it considers younger.^(DWB|32, 845)

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+ The verb [[stehen]] belongs with [[la|stō|t=to stand]], [[grc|ἵστημι|tr=hístēmi|t=to set up]] and [[sa|तिष्ठति|tr=tíṣṭhati|t=stands]] to [[ine-pro|*steh₂-|t=to stand]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Köbler AHD)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The oldest records, in Luther's letters, Fischart and Paracelsus, mean “belonging to someone by right”, of lands, subjects and goods, and also “imminent”, of a time or an illness.^(DWB|32, 845)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Around 1800 Adelung still gave only “belonging to someone, being someone's property”, and called [[Zuständigkeit]] more Upper German than standard.^(Adelung 1793) Today the usual sense is “responsible, competent”, above all of authorities, courts and offices, and Austrian official language uses ''zuständig nach'' for the place where someone has the right of residence.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 16th century – Luther and Fischart use ''zuständig'' “belonging by right”.^(DWB|32, 845)

+ * 1616 – An edition of Paracelsus uses it for “imminent”.^(DWB|32, 845)

+ * 1793 – Adelung records only the sense “belonging to someone”.^(Adelung 1793)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|responsible|alt=Responsible]] for something, having the [[m|en|competence]] or [[m|en|jurisdiction]] to deal with it: ''Für Reklamationen ist der Kundendienst zuständig.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Austria, official)'' ''zuständig nach'': having the right of residence in a place: ''Er ist nach Graz zuständig.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Zuständigkeit]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Zustand]]

+ * [[zustehen]]

+ * [[stehen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}