Standort German · revision 35648

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [ˈʃtantˌʔɔʁt]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Standort''' ''m'' (genitive Standortes or Standorts, plural Standorte)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|Stand|Ort]], first recorded in the 17th century.^(Duden 7 2007)^(DWB|17, 780)^(Wiktionary) [[Stand]] ([[gmh|stant|t=standing, place of standing]]) is the action noun of the present stem seen in [[got|𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽|tr=standan]], [[ang|standan]] and [[goh|stantan]], a nasal present beside [[stehen]].^(Kluge 2011|876)^(Duden 7 2007) [[Ort]] ([[m|gmh|ort]], [[m|goh|ort]], from [[gem-pro|*uzdaz]]) first meant “point”, especially of a weapon, then “extreme end” and so “place”.^(Kluge 2011|674)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Grimms' first record is from Butschky's chancery handbook of 1659, in a description of bills of exchange, where two of the four parties belong to the ''Standort'', the place where the bill is issued.^(DWB|17, 780) Adelung was the first to enter it in a dictionary, as the place where one stands, especially with regard to what one does from there or to one's relation to other things.^(Adelung 1793|4, 291)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word became frequent from Justus Möser on, for the place where someone stands, an observer's post or a hunter's stand.^(DWB|17, 780) Authors of the 18th century, among them Lessing and Bürger, also used it figuratively for a point of view, where modern German uses only [[Standpunkt]].^(DWB|17, 780) Later it came to mean the garrison of a military unit and the location of an economic activity.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1659 – ''Standort'' appears in Butschky's chancery handbook.^(DWB|17, 780)

+ * 18th century – Lessing and Bürger use it figuratively for a point of view.^(DWB|17, 780)

+ * 1793 – Adelung enters the word in his dictionary.^(Adelung 1793|4, 291)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The place where someone or something stands or is [[m|en|located]], also the [[m|en|habitat]] a plant needs: ''Von unserem Standort aus sah man den ganzen See.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A [[m|en|position]] or standpoint, as in politics.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(military)'' A [[m|en|garrison]], the place where units and installations are permanently stationed.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # ''(economics)'' The location from which a company or other economic activity operates, a [[m|en|base]]: ''Das Unternehmen will den Standort Leipzig ausbauen.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Standortfaktor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Stand]]

+ * [[Ort]]

+ * [[Standpunkt]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}