Anlage German · revision 35547

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [ˈʔanˌlaːɡə]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Anlage''' ''f'' (genitive Anlage, plural Anlagen)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|anlāge]], a noun formed from [[anliegen]] and [[anlegen]].^(Kluge 2011|47)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary DE) The verb is [[goh|analeggen|t=to put on, lay on]] (8th century), from [[legen]], the causative of [[liegen]], also found in [[got|𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=lagjan]] and [[m|en|lay]].^(Pfeifer 1993) Kluge observes that its senses were largely shaped by those of [[la|dispositio]].^(Kluge 2011|47)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Middle High German ''anlâge'' is first recorded about 1280 in a Bavarian toll list, where it names a kind of iron sheet.^(DWB2|2, 1123)^(Lexer 1872) About 1300 the ''Passional'' uses it for an urgent request, and Middle High German also knew the sense “ambush”.^(DWB2|2, 1123)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the 14th century ''Anlage'' meant a levy or tax, and in the 16th century this is almost its only sense, as in Luther;^(DWB2|2, 1123)^(DWB|1, 389)^(Paul 2002) Paul links it with modern ''Veranlagung'' “tax assessment”.^(DWB2|2, 1123)^(DWB|1, 389)^(Paul 2002) Early New High German also used it for an outbuilding, a fence, old mining tools and expenses.^(FWB) Adelung records it for an enclosure with a letter, for land deposited by a river and for the cheek-piece of a gun.^(Adelung 1793)

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+ Kluge lists four modern senses: tax assessment, execution according to a plan, enclosure and hereditary disposition.^(Kluge 2011|47) The sense “natural talent, disposition” dates from Lessing and Wieland, and gave ''veranlagt'' and ''Veranlagung'' “talent”.^(Paul 2002) The Grimms note the new public gardens laid out where old town walls had been removed, and Goethe writes ''drüben in den neuen Anlagen''.^(DWB|1, 389) Later came the investment of capital and technical installations such as factories and ''sanitäre Anlagen''.^(Paul 2002) English borrowed ''anlage'' in embryology (1892), and Polish ''anlaga'' (1913) for a part of a printing press.^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * About 1280 – ''anlâge'' names a kind of iron sheet in a Bavarian toll list.^(DWB2|2, 1123)

+ * About 1300 – The ''Passional'' uses it for an urgent request.^(DWB2|2, 1123)

+ * 1362 – First record of the sense “tax, levy”, in Low German.^(DWB2|2, 1123)

+ * 16th century – “Tax” is almost the only sense.^(DWB|1, 389)

+ * 18th century – Lessing and Wieland use it for natural talent.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1892 – English borrows ''anlage'' as a term of embryology.^(LWP)

+ * 1913 – Polish ''anlaga'' is recorded.^(LWP)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The laying out, creation of something: ''Die Anlage des Parks dauerte zwei Jahre.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # The [[m|en|investment]] of money, or an asset: ''Gold gilt als krisenfeste Anlage.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Grounds, park or buildings laid out for a purpose: ''Die Kinder spielen in den städtischen Anlagen.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An installation, plant or piece of equipment: ''Die Anlage schaltet sich nachts automatisch ab.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The layout, plan of a work: ''die Anlage eines Dramas''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # A [[m|en|disposition]] or [[m|en|aptitude]]: ''Er hat eine Anlage zum Zeichnen.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(office)'' An [[m|en|enclosure]] with a letter, an attachment: ''In der Anlage schicke ich Ihnen meinen Lebenslauf.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Grünanlage]]

+ * [[Kläranlage]]

+ * [[Stereoanlage]]

+ * [[Anlagevermögen]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[anlegen]]

+ * [[anliegen]]

+ * [[Beilage]]

+ * [[legen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}