musikalisch German · revision 35513

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /muziˈkaːlɪʃ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''musikalisch''' (strong nominative masculine singular musikalischer, comparative musikalischer, superlative am musikalischsten)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|musicālis]], borrowed at the beginning of the 16th century.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2007)^(Wiktionary DE) The Medieval Latin adjective belongs to [[la|mūsica|t=music]], from [[grc|μουσική|tr=mousikḗ]], short for “the art of the Muses”, the feminine of [[m|grc|μουσικός|tr=mousikós|t=of the Muses, musical]], derived from [[m|grc|Μοῦσα|tr=Moûsa|t=Muse]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Kluge 2011|642) Within German, Wiktionary also analyses it as [[af|de|Musik|-alisch]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Pfeifer dates the adjective to the beginning of the 16th century, meaning “concerning music, following its rules”.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2007) The noun had been taken into German much earlier, as [[goh|musica]] in Otfrid's Gospel book (863–871).^(Köbler AHD)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Pfeifer lists its senses as “concerning music, composed by its rules, gifted for music, melodious”.^(Pfeifer 1993) Frisch's dictionary explained ''musicalisch'' with the Latin ''secundum regulas musicae'' “according to the rules of music”, and Opitz writes of ''musicalische instrumente''.^(DWB|12, 2741) The spelling with ⟨k⟩ and the final stress of the noun came in the 17th century under the influence of French ''musique''.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Kluge 2011|642) The sense “gifted for music, loving music” is recorded by Duden beside the general one.^(Duden 7 2007)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 863–871 – Otfrid uses the Old High German noun ''musica''.^(Köbler AHD)

+ * Early 16th century – ''musikalisch'' is borrowed from Medieval Latin.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 17th century – The noun takes the spelling ''Musik'' and final stress.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * Late 18th century – The noun ''Musiker'' appears.^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Concerning [[m|en|music]]: ''ein musikalischer Abend''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Having a feeling or talent for music; [[m|en|musical]]: ''Ihr Sohn ist sehr musikalisch.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # Sounding like music; [[m|en|melodious]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Musik]]

+ * [[Musiker]]

+ * [[Musikant]]

+ * [[musizieren]]

+ * [[Muse]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}