regelmäßig German · revision 35773

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈʁeːɡəlˌmɛːsɪç/, /-ˌmeːsɪç/, /-ˌmɛːsɪk/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''regelmäßig''' (strong nominative masculine singular regelmäßiger, comparative regelmäßiger, superlative am regelmäßigsten)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|Regel|-mäßig|t1=rule|t2=in accordance with]], formed in the second half of the 17th century.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|681) The noun is [[gmh|regel]], [[goh|regula]], first taken over as a word of monastic life, the rule of an order, from [[la|rēgula|t=straight stick, ruler; rule]], from [[m|la|regō|t=to direct, guide]].^(Kluge 2011|753)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(EWA) The Latin vowel had already been shortened in Medieval Latin.^(Kluge 2011|753) The same noun is [[nl|regel]], [[ang|regol]] and [[non|regla]], and English [[m|en|rule]] comes from the same Latin word through French.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Kluge 2011|753)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Paul finds the adjective in Stieler's dictionary (1691) with the sense “in accordance with a rule”.^(Paul 2002) Pfeifer dates it to the second half of the 17th century with the sense “ordered by fixed rules, even”.^(Pfeifer 1993) Adelung uses it both of things that follow the rules and of a person who keeps them, as in ''ein regelmäßiges Schauspiel'' “a play that keeps the rules”.^(Adelung 1793|3, 1020)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adverb meaning “recurring at constant intervals, always” it is recorded from the end of the 18th century.^(Pfeifer 1993) Paul notes that today it chiefly means “at even intervals”, while the older sense “according to a rule” has gone to ''regelrecht'' and [[regulär]].^(Paul 2002) In grammar ''regelmäßige Verben'' are verbs that inflect by a fixed pattern.^(Duden GWDS 1999) Dutch ''regelmatig'', recorded in 1661, is listed among the words borrowed from German.^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 9th century – Old High German ''regula'' “rule of an order” is recorded.^(Kluge 2011|753)

+ * 1661 – Dutch ''regelmatig'' is recorded.^(LWP)

+ * Second half of the 17th century – ''regelmäßig'' appears in German.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1691 – Stieler's dictionary lists it.^(Paul 2002)

+ * End of the 18th century – Adverbial use for things that recur at fixed intervals.^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Well-proportioned, [[m|en|symmetrical]], [[m|en|even]] in shape: ''Sie hat sehr regelmäßige Züge.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Following a fixed order, especially recurring at equal intervals; [[m|en|regular]]: ''regelmäßige Busverbindungen''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(grammar)'' Inflected according to a fixed rule: ''regelmäßige Verben''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # Regularly, at fixed intervals: ''Er geht regelmäßig schwimmen.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(colloquial)'' Every time, again and again: ''Sie verpasst regelmäßig den ersten Zug.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Regelmäßigkeit]]

+ * [[unregelmäßig]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[regulär]]

+ * [[Regel]]

+ * [[regeln]]

+ * [[regelrecht]]

+ * [[regulieren]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}