somit German · revision 35609

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /zoːˈmɪt/, /ˈzoːmɪt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''somit'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|so|mit]], a fusion of the adverb with the preposition that meant “with this, with that”, like the more usual [[damit]].^(DWB|16, 1508)^(Wiktionary DE)^(Wiktionary) Paul thinks it probably began as a word of the chanceries, like its synonym [[sonach]].^(Paul 2002) Campe notes that Adelung marked it as Upper German.^(DWB|16, 1508)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Adelung records ''somit'' in 1780 in the sense “thereby, consequently”.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The literal sense “with that, thereupon” still occurs in Clemens Brentano: ''somit entließ er sie'' “with that he dismissed them”.^(DWB|16, 1508) Usually, and today almost only, the adverb introduces a conclusion, “accordingly, consequently”, in the same way as [[mithin]] and ''sonach''.^(DWB|16, 1508)^(Wiktionary DE) Goethe has it in this sense: ''den Plan und somit auch den Zweck des Gedichtes'' “the plan and thus also the purpose of the poem”.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1777 – Adelung records the synonym ''sonach''.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1780 – Adelung records ''somit'' “thereby, consequently”.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|therefore|alt=Therefore]], [[m|en|consequently]], thus: introduces what follows from what has just been said: ''Der letzte Bus war weg, und somit mussten wir laufen.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With that, by that; also stating a consequence that is simply a fact: ''Sie war 19 und somit die Älteste im Kurs.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[so]]

+ * [[mit]]

+ * [[damit]]

+ * [[mithin]]

+ * [[sonach]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The stress is usually on the second syllable, /zoːˈmɪt/, but first-syllable stress is also heard.^(Wiktionary)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}