Produkt German · revision 35639

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [pʁoˈdʊkt]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Produkt''' ''n'' (genitive Produktes or Produkts, plural Produkte)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|prōductum|t=something brought forth]], the neuter past participle of [[m|la|prōdūcō|t=to lead forth, extend; to bring forth]] used as a noun.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002)^(Duden 7 2007) The Latin verb is formed from [[m|la|prō-|t=forward]] and [[m|la|dūcō|t=to lead, draw]].^(Kluge 2011|724)^(Pfeifer 1993) Kluge treats the noun of the verb [[produzieren]] and holds that its economic sense depends on English.^(Kluge 2011|724) Many German loanwords belong to the same Latin verb, among them [[reduzieren]], [[Viadukt]] and [[Dusche]], and Kluge relates it to the native [[ziehen]].^(Kluge 2011|724)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ ''Produkt'' is first recorded in 1489 as a term of mathematics, the result of a multiplication; in the 16th century it was also used for the result of a division.^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 18th century the word was generalised, at first in the merchants' language: Adelung (1777) defines it as the fruits or goods of a country as the first owner wins them from nature, hence [[Naturprodukt]].^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993) It was then applied to the result of human work and thought, as in Schiller's statement that beauty is the product of the harmony between mind and senses.^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993) The sense “industrial product” dates from the 19th century, with compounds such as ''Industrieprodukt'', ''Nebenprodukt'' and ''Abfallprodukt''.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002) In printing a ''Produkt'' is the part of a newspaper printed in one run.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

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+ English mathematics took over ''inner product'' (1909) and ''outer product'' (1929) as translations of the German terms.^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1489 – ''Produkt'' is used in mathematics for the result of a multiplication.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 16th century – ''Produkt'' is also used for the result of a division;^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002) ''Produzent'' is recorded in 1559.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002)

+ * 17th century – ''produzieren'' is borrowed.^(Kluge 2011|724)

+ * 18th century – ''Produkt'' comes to mean a natural product and the result of human work.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002)

+ * 19th century – The sense “industrial product” appears.^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|product]], something made by human work, especially from particular materials: ''Der Hof verkauft seine Produkte direkt an die Kunden.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A result or consequence: ''Die Geschichte ist ein Produkt seiner Fantasie.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The result of a [[m|en|multiplication]], or an expression whose terms are joined by the sign for multiplication.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(printing)'' The part of a newspaper or magazine printed in one run.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Naturprodukt]]

+ * [[Nebenprodukt]]

+ * [[Produktion]]

+ * [[Produzent]]

+ * [[produktiv]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[produzieren]]

+ * [[reduzieren]]

+ * [[en|product]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}