Anspruch German · revision 35850

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1291, Middle High German charter|origins=gmw-pro *sprekan}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [ˈanˌʃpʀʊχ]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Anspruch''' ''m'' (genitive Anspruches or Anspruchs, plural Ansprüche)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|anspruch|t=accusation, objection]], formed from [[ansprechen]], [[gmh|anesprechen]], [[goh|anasprehhan]], like [[Spruch]] from the simple verb.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Köbler MHD)^(Duden 7 2020|805) The verb [[sprechen]] continues [[gmh|sprechen]], [[goh|sprehhan]], [[gmw-pro|*sprekan]], also found in [[ang|sprecan]] and [[ofs|spreka]], with r-less forms such as [[m|ang|specan]], the source of English [[m|en|speak]].^(Kluge 2011|871)^(Pfeifer 1993) Kluge finds the comparisons outside Germanic, [[cy|ffraeth|t=witty]] and [[sq|shpreh|t=to express]], too distant in meaning, and suggests that it may be an expressive word like [[non|spraka|t=to crackle]].^(Kluge 2011|871) Pfeifer traces these forms to a root [[ine-pro|*(s)p(h)ereg-]].^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is a charter of 1291 that no heir shall ever gain ''kain anspruch'' “any claim” to the property.^(DWB2)^(Köbler MHD) Middle High German used the word for a legal claim, an accusation and an objection, and it became common only in the 16th century.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(DWB2)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In early New High German ''Anspruch'' was above all a legal claim, as in later compounds such as ''Rentenanspruch'' and ''Urlaubsanspruch'', and then any demand.^(Paul 2002)^(FWB) Hunters used it for the sound and identification of game.^(DWB|1, 471)^(Adelung 1793) In the 18th century one said ''Anspruch haben'' or ''machen an'' something, as Wieland and Goethe did; today the person is construed with ''an'' and the thing with ''auf''.^(Paul 2002)

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+ Adelung in 1774 explained ''in Anspruch nehmen'' as making a legal demand on a person or thing; the phrase then weakened to “make use of” and finally to “require”, as in ''Das nimmt viel Zeit in Anspruch''.^(Paul 2002)^(Adelung 1793) The adjectives [[anspruchslos]] (Wieland) and [[anspruchsvoll]] (Campe 1807) followed, and [[beanspruchen]] is a young formation that the Grimms' dictionary listed in 1854 without examples.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 8th century – Old High German ''sprehhan'' is first recorded.^(Kluge 2011|871)

+ * 11th century – Old High German ''anasprehhan'' “to address”.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1291 – First record of ''anspruch'', in a charter.^(DWB2)

+ * 16th century – The word becomes common.^(DWB2)

+ * 1774 – Adelung records ''in Anspruch nehmen'' as a legal phrase.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1807 – Campe records ''anspruchsvoll''.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|demand]] or expectation: ''hohe Ansprüche an die Qualität stellen'';^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) ''Anspruch auf etwas erheben'', to lay [[m|en|claim]] to something.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''jemanden'' or ''etwas in Anspruch nehmen'', to make use of someone or something; to take up time or strength: ''Die Renovierung nahm den ganzen Sommer in Anspruch.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # A right or [[m|en|entitlement]]: ''Anspruch auf Urlaub haben''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' A claim, the right to demand that someone do or refrain from something, and the claim as raised in court.^(Wiktionary)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[anspruchsvoll]]

+ * [[anspruchslos]]

+ * [[anspruchsberechtigt]]

+ * [[beanspruchen]]

+ * [[Rechtsanspruch]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ansprechen]]

+ * [[Ansprache]]

+ * [[sprechen]]

+ * [[Spruch]]

+ * [[Einspruch]]

+ * [[Zuspruch]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}