Serie German · revision 35596

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1728|origins=la serō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈzeːri̯ə/, [ˈzeː.ʁi.ə], [ˈzeːɐ̯.jə]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Serie''' ''f'' (genitive Serie, plural Serien)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|seriēs|t=row, sequence, chain]], from [[m|la|serō|t=to join, link, string together]].^(Kluge 2011|845)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020) Late Middle High German had already borrowed the word as [[m|gmh|serje|t=row, strip; sequence, course of time]], but the modern use goes back to a new borrowing from Latin in the early 18th century,^(Kluge 2011|845)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002) perhaps influenced by [[fr|série]].^(DFWB)^(Wiktionary) The same word is [[nl|serie]], [[en|series]] and [[sv|serie]].^(Kluge 2011|845)

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+ The Duden dictionary groups the Latin verb with [[m|la|sors|t=lot, fate]], originally perhaps a row of lots for an oracle, and with [[grc|εἴρω|tr=eírō|t=to string together]], under a root [[ine-pro|*ser-|t=to line up, link]].^(Duden 7 2020)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The renewed loan is first recorded in 1728, in the order of chapters of a book (''in der serie der Capitel''), and in 1734 for things not set in any order; at first it was used mainly in trade and publishing.^(DFWB)^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the 18th century the word named a set of separate volumes or works that form a whole, and later any series of similar things or events.^(DWB|16, 626)^(DFWB) In the 20th century it became a word of industry for mass production (1929: ''Serienarbeit ist billiger als Einzelanfertigung'', “series work is cheaper than single manufacture”), with the phrase ''in Serie gehen'' “to go into production” and compounds such as ''Serienbau'' and ''Serienproduktion''.^(Paul 2002)^(DFWB) ''serienmäßig'' “standard, as series equipment” was listed in 1949.^(Paul 2002) It was then applied to a sequence of articles, broadcasts or television episodes.^(Paul 2002) Hungarian borrowed it from German as ''széria'' (1896).^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late Middle High German – ''serje'' “row, sequence” is recorded.^(Kluge 2011|845)^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1728 – First record of the new loan, for the order of chapters.^(DFWB)^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1896 – Hungarian ''széria'' is recorded.^(LWP)

+ * 1929 – ''Serienarbeit'' “series production” is recorded.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1949 – ''serienmäßig'' is listed in a dictionary.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|series]] or set of similar things that belong together: ''eine Serie Briefmarken''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A production run: a number of products made in the same design: ''in Serie fertigen'', ''in Serie gehen'' “to go into mass production”;^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE) ''(jargon)'' ''Serie sein'', to be standard equipment.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # A sequence of related broadcasts or publications, especially a television [[m|en|serial]]: ''eine Serie in zehn Folgen''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # A [[m|en|succession]] of similar events: ''eine Serie von Einbrüchen''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[serienmäßig]]

+ * [[serienweise]]

+ * [[Fernsehserie]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[seriell]]

+ * [[Sorte]]

+ * [[inserieren]]

+ * [[en|series]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}