teilweise German · revision 35651

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈtaɪ̯lˌvaɪ̯zə/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''teilweise'''^(Wiktionary)

+ The older spelling was ''theilweise'', and a shorter form ''teilweis'' also occurs.^(Wiktionary)^(DWB|21, 364)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|Teil|-weise]].^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE) Adverbs in [[-weise]] go back to phrases with a genitive governed by the preposition [[in]], as Middle High German [[m|gmh|en kriuzes wîs]] “in the manner of a cross”.^(Paul 2002) When the genitive was no longer recognised, the bare stem took its place on the model of other compounds, as in [[kreuzweise]], [[stückweise]] and this word.^(Paul 2002) Duden dates the adverbial suffix to Early New High German, while Kluge notes that the history of the early forms has not been studied enough.^(Duden 7 2020)^(Kluge 2011|980) [[Weise]] “manner” is [[goh|wīsa]], from a Germanic noun related to [[wissen]].^(Kluge 2011|979)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Grimms' first quotation is from Goethe in the ''Teutscher Merkur'' of 1776: ''freilich muss es theilweise seine Gesinnung zu erkennen geben'' (“admittedly it must in part make its views known”), and they also quote Schiller.^(DWB|21, 364)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Goethe already used the word as an adjective, as in ''mit theilweiser Abweichung'' “with partial deviation”.^(DWB|21, 364) Campe in 1807 still called this adjectival use bad, though he quoted examples from Jean Paul and Seume.^(Campe 1807|4, 807) Paul notes that such formations in ''-weise'' have been used as adjectives since the 18th century and have become usual despite the objections of grammarians.^(Paul 2002) Today the adjective stands mainly before verbal nouns.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1776 – Goethe uses ''theilweise'' in the ''Teutscher Merkur''.^(DWB|21, 364)

+ * 1807 – Campe records the adverb and rejects its use as an adjective.^(Campe 1807|4, 807)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|partly]], in part: ''Das alte Dach wurde teilweise erneuert.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Here and there, in some cases, at times: ''Die Straße war teilweise noch vereist.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(attributive)'' [[m|en|partial]], used chiefly with verbal nouns: ''ein teilweiser Rückzug''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Teil]]

+ * [[Weise]]

+ * [[teils]]

+ * [[stückweise]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}