Euro German · revision 35575

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1995|origins=grc Εὐρώπη}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈɔʏ̯ro/, [ˈʔɔʏ̯ʁo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Euro''' ''m'' (genitive Euros or Euro, plural Euros or Euro)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a short form of [[Europa]] and [[europäisch]], an artificial name rather than a regular clipping.^(Kluge 2011|263)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007) From about 1960 joint projects of several European states began to use the short form as the first element of their names, as in [[Eurocheque]] and [[Eurodollar]], probably so as not to claim to stand for the whole of Europe and because the short form combines easily.^(Kluge 2011|263)^(Pfeifer 1993) Kluge stresses that the currency name has no full form behind it, since the English phrase for a European currency unit was a description, not an official name.^(Kluge 2011|263) The name displaced the planned [[Ecu]], which was already in use as a unit of account and recalled old French coins with a shield on them.^(Kluge 2011|263) Kluge thinks it would have been the happier choice.^(Kluge 2011|263) The element itself goes back through [[la|Eurōpa]] to [[grc|Εὐρώπη|tr=Eurṓpē]], the name of the continent.^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Kluge finds it not quite clear why German gave the currency masculine gender without hesitation, when the earlier [[Mark]] was feminine; the ending ''-o'' does not fix a gender.^(Kluge 2011|263) The hundredth part, the [[Cent]], was named after English [[m|en|cent]], from [[la|centum|t=hundred]].^(Paul 2002) Derivatives include ''Euroland'' and ''euroweit''.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * About 1960 – ''Euro-'' becomes common as the first element of names of European projects.^(Kluge 2011|263)

+ * 1995 – ''Euro'' is proposed and adopted within the European Union as the name of the currency.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1999 – The currency unit is introduced under this name, according to Kluge.^(Kluge 2011|263)

+ * 1 January 2002 – Euro notes and coins become legal tender in most member states.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|euro]], the [[m|en|currency]] unit of the European Monetary Union, divided into 100 cents; sign €: ''Das Ticket kostet zwölf Euro.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(feminine, colloquial)'' Die Euro: the European Football [[m|en|championship]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Euroland]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Europa]]

+ * [[europäisch]]

+ * [[Ecu]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ After a number the plural is usually ''Euro'' (''zehn Euro''), otherwise ''Euros''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}