Anlass German · revision 35767

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1180, Pilatus|origins=gem-pro *lētaną}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [ˈʔanlas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Anlass''' ''m'' (genitive Anlasses, plural Anlässe)^(Wiktionary)

+ Older spelling: ''Anlaß''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|anlāz]], also [[m|gmh|anelāz]], which first named the place where a race is started, from [[an]] and the verb [[lassen]] “to let go”, as in [[loslassen]].^(Kluge 2011|47)^(Köbler MHD) The verb is [[goh|lāzzan]], from [[gem-pro|*lētaną]], also found in [[got|𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽|tr=lētan]] and [[non|láta]];^(Kluge 2011|560) English [[m|en|let]] is the same word.^(Kluge 2011|560) Kluge compares [[lt|leisti|alt=léisti|t=to let, let go]], though the root needed to unite them is not without problems.^(Kluge 2011|560) The verb [[anlassen]] and the noun [[Anlasser]] “starter” keep closer to the old sense.^(Kluge 2011|47)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler finds Middle High German ''anelāz'' in the poem ''Pilatus'' (about 1180), and gives it the senses “starting point of a race, beginning, occasion”.^(Köbler MHD) Kluge dates the word to the 15th century, with the present sense from the 19th.^(Kluge 2011|47)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the starting point of a race, the meaning was widened to “beginning” and then to “cause”.^(Kluge 2011|47)^(Wiktionary DE) Since the 19th century the word has also meant an event or occasion.^(Kluge 2011|47) In Switzerland it is the usual word for a social or sporting event, a party or a gathering.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) The derivative [[anlässlich]] “on the occasion of” is a common preposition.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * About 1180 – Middle High German ''anelāz'' in ''Pilatus''.^(Köbler MHD)

+ * 15th century – Kluge's date for the word in German.^(Kluge 2011|47)

+ * 19th century – The sense “event, occasion” appears.^(Kluge 2011|47)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|cause]], [[m|en|reason]] or outward motive: ''Es gibt keinen Anlass zur Sorge.'';^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) ''aus gegebenem Anlass'' “for a specific reason”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[m|en|occasion]], event: ''Für festliche Anlässe trägt er einen Anzug.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # ''(Switzerland)'' A social event or gathering.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[anlässlich]]

+ * [[veranlassen]]

+ * [[anlasslos]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lassen]]

+ * [[anlassen]]

+ * [[Anlasser]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}