Ansicht German · revision 35831

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=9th century, Old High German glosses|origins=gem-pro *sehwaną}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈʔanzɪçt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Ansicht''' ''f'' (genitive Ansicht, plural Ansichten)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|anesiht]], [[inh|goh|anasiht]], a compound [[af|goh|ana|siht|t1=on, at|t2=sight]], parallel to the verb [[ansehen]].^(Köbler AHD)^(DWB2|2, 1352)^(Wiktionary) The noun [[Sicht]], [[m|goh|siht]], is [[gmw-pro|*sihti]], an abstract noun from [[sehen]].^(Kluge 2011|847) The verb is [[gem-pro|*sehwaną]], also found in [[got|𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽|tr=saihwan]], [[non|sjá]] and [[ang|sēon]].^(Kluge 2011|839)^(Pfeifer 1993) Its further origin is unclear: Pfeifer and the Duden dictionary connect it with [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|t=to follow]], as in [[la|sequor|t=to follow]], seeing being “following with the eyes”, but Kluge finds this link hard to judge.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|770)^(Kluge 2011|839) Middle Low German and some Central German also had a neuter form, which the Grimms' revised dictionary treats as a substitute for [[Angesicht]].^(DWB2|2, 1352)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old High German ''anasiht'' first glosses Latin ''respectus'' in the 9th century, and then ''obtutus'' and ''inspectio'', “looking at, sight, inspection”.^(DWB2|2, 1352) Notker (before 1022) uses it for the gaze, and in Köbler's records it also means face, appearance and insight.^(DWB2|2, 1352)^(Köbler AHD)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Until the 18th century the word was uncommon, and it is hardly found in the 17th; it spread widely only from the end of the 18th century, above all in the sense “opinion”.^(DWB2|2, 1352) Adelung (1793) knew it for the act of looking at something, for ''Sicht'' in merchants' bills of exchange, and, mainly in Low German, for a prospect or view; he does not have the sense “opinion”.^(Adelung 1793)^(Paul 2002) Paul quotes Goethe's account of how Herder led him to ''neuen Ansichten'' every day.^(Paul 2002) The older concrete sense “looking at” survives only in ''zur Ansicht'', of goods sent on approval, while “appearance” now chiefly means a picture of a place, as in ''Ansichtskarte'', recorded in 1901 as short for ''Ansichtspostkarte''.^(Paul 2002) Dutch borrowed ''ansicht'' for a picture postcard in the early 20th century.^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 9th century – Old High German ''anasiht'' glosses Latin ''respectus''.^(DWB2|2, 1352)

+ * Before 1022 – Notker uses the word.^(DWB2|2, 1352)

+ * Late 18th century – The word spreads in the sense “opinion”.^(DWB2|2, 1352)

+ * 1793 – Adelung does not yet record the sense “opinion”.^(Adelung 1793)^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1901 – ''Ansichtskarte'' “picture postcard” is recorded.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|opinion]], a [[m|en|view]], a conviction: ''Sie vertritt eine andere Ansicht.'' ''meiner Ansicht nach'' “in my opinion”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A picture of a place or thing: ''alte Ansichten des Hafens''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The visible side of a building or object, its front or [[m|en|façade]]: ''die hintere Ansicht des Rathauses''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # ''zur Ansicht'': for inspection, on approval: ''Bücher zur Ansicht bestellen''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Paul 2002)

+ # ''(computing)'' A view, a way in which data are displayed on screen.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Ansichtskarte]]

+ * [[Ansichtssache]]

+ * [[Seitenansicht]]

+ * [[Vorderansicht]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ansehen]]

+ * [[ansichtig]]

+ * [[Sicht]]

+ * [[sehen]]

+ * [[Angesicht]]

+ * [[Aussicht]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}