Einrichtung German · revision 35637

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈʔaɪ̯nʁɪçtʊŋ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Einrichtung''' ''f'' (genitive Einrichtung, plural Einrichtungen)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|einrichten|-ung]], a noun of action from the verb [[einrichten]], which is [[m|de|ein-]] and [[richten]].^(Wiktionary)^(DWB2|7, 915)^(Wiktionary DE) The verb is Middle High German [[m|gmh|înrihten|alt=înrichten]], first recorded in 1338, and corresponds to [[gml|inrichten]] and [[nl|inrichten]].^(DWB2|7, 912)^(Köbler MHD) The noun has the same counterparts, [[m|gml|inrichtinge]] and [[m|nl|inrichting]].^(DWB2|7, 915)

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+ The base verb continues Old High German [[m|goh|rihten]], a factitive verb “to make straight” formed from the adjective [[recht]].^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The revised Grimms' dictionary has the noun from about 1538, in Thomas Kantzow's chronicle of Pomerania, in the sense “arrangement, ordering” (of a narrative); from 1569 it is used for the planning and carrying out of measures, in documents of the estates of the Mark Brandenburg.^(DWB2|7, 915)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the 17th and 18th centuries ''Einrichtung'' was used for the way a thing is made up or works: the arrangement of a speech, a machine, a school or a diet; it is frequent with Lessing and Goethe for the ordering of a household or a business.^(DWB2|7, 915)^(DWB|3, 250) The verb also had a medical sense, “to set a dislocated limb” (1647), and the Grimms record the noun for this too.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|3, 250)

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+ Adelung notes that in everyday speech ''Einrichtung'' was what a household needs, its [[m|en|furniture]], a sense that comes from the verb's meaning “to furnish”.^(Paul 2002)^(Adelung 1793) From “to set up, found” (''Schulen einrichten'') came the sense “institution”, as in Musil's ''soziale Einrichtungen'' “social institutions”.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1338 – The verb ''înrichten'' appears in a Middle High German version of the Book of Job.^(DWB2|7, 912)^(Köbler MHD)

+ * c. 1538 – First record of the noun, in Kantzow's chronicle of Pomerania.^(DWB2|7, 915)

+ * 1569 – ''Einrichtung'' is used for the setting up of offices.^(DWB2|7, 915)

+ * 1647 – ''einrichten'' is recorded for setting a dislocated limb.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 18th century – Adelung records ''Einrichtung'' for the furnishings of a household.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(no plural)'' The act of setting up, arranging or [[m|en|furnish|alt=furnishing]] something: ''Die Einrichtung des Labors dauerte drei Monate.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The [[m|en|furniture]] and fittings of a room or building: ''Die Einrichtung der Praxis ist hell und modern.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A technical [[m|en|device]] or [[m|en|installation]]: ''sanitäre Einrichtungen''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[m|en|institution]] or facility, especially one for public use: ''eine soziale Einrichtung'', ''kulturelle Einrichtungen''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A habit or custom: ''Der Sonntagsspaziergang wurde bei ihnen zur festen Einrichtung.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Inneneinrichtung]]

+ * [[Einrichtungsgegenstand]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[einrichten]]

+ * [[richten]]

+ * [[Richtung]]

+ * [[nl|inrichting]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}