Szene German · revision 35856

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1533|origins=grc σκηνή}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈst͡seːnə/, /ˈseːnə/^(Wiktionary)

+ * Variant: /ˈt͡seːnə/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Szene''' ''f'' (genitive Szene, plural Szenen)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|scaena|alt=scēna, scaena|t=stage, scene of action]], borrowed probably under the influence of [[fr|scène]].^(Kluge 2011|902)^(Duden 7 2020|844)^(Pfeifer 1993) The Latin noun comes from [[grc|σκηνή|tr=skēnḗ]], which first meant a tent or hut and then the stage of a theatre.^(Kluge 2011|902)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wahrig Herkunftswörterbuch) Kluge dates the borrowing to the 18th century, but Pfeifer, Duden, the DFWB and Paul find it in the first half of the 16th century, and until the 18th century it was often written in its Latin form with Latin endings.^(Kluge 2011|902)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|844)^(DFWB)^(Paul 2002) The sense “milieu” was taken from English [[m|en|scene]].^(Kluge 2011|902)^(Pfeifer 1993) The same word is [[nl|scène]] and [[sv|scen]].^(Kluge 2011|902)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest record, from 1533, uses the Latin accusative ''scenam'' for the stage of a play.^(DFWB)^(Paul 2002) A dictionary of 1579 explains ''scenae'' as the huts of those who take part in a play.^(DFWB)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “single section of a play, appearance on stage” is found now and then from the mid-16th century and becomes common from the mid-18th century, when the word was also used for any event or picturesque view, as in Schiller's line ''die Scene wird zum Tribunal'' “the scene becomes a tribunal”.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002) From the early 19th century ''Szene'' also meant a quarrel or reproaches, as in ''jemandem eine Szene machen''.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002) Phrases from the theatre are ''auf offener Szene'' “in full view” and ''etwas in Szene setzen'' “to stage something”.^(Paul 2002)^(DFWB) The spelling with ⟨sz⟩ is found from the last quarter of the 18th century and became general later, replacing ''Scene''.^(DWB|20, 1445)

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+ Since the 1950s, under the influence of American English, the word has also meant a social milieu or the people active in a field, as in ''Drogenszene'' and ''die linke Szene''; it was chosen as the German Word of the Year in 1977.^(Paul 2002)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|844)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1533 – First record, in the Latin form ''scenam''.^(DFWB)

+ * Mid-16th century – First use for a section of a play.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * Mid-18th century – The word comes to mean an event or a view.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002)

+ * Last quarter of the 18th century – The spelling ''Szene'' appears beside ''Scene''.^(DWB|20, 1445)

+ * Early 19th century – First use for a quarrel.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1950s – First use for a social milieu, after American English.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1977 – ''Szene'' is the German Word of the Year.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|scene]], a section of an act, a film or a radio play set in one place and bounded by the entrance or exit of characters: ''zweiter Akt, vierte Szene''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The place where the action happens; the [[m|en|stage]]: ''Beifall auf offener Szene'';^(Duden GWDS 1999) ''etwas in Szene setzen'', to stage or arrange something;^(Duden GWDS 1999) ''sich in Szene setzen'', to show oneself off.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # A striking incident between people: ''Am Bahnsteig spielten sich rührende Szenen ab.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # A [[m|en|row]] or angry reproaches: ''jemandem eine Szene machen''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A social [[m|en|milieu]] or the people active in a particular field: ''die Berliner Kunstszene'';^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) ''Er kennt sich in der Szene aus.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[szenisch]]

+ * [[inszenieren]]

+ * [[Szenerie]]

+ * [[Drogenszene]]

+ * [[Szenenwechsel]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Szenario]]

+ * [[en|scene]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}