italienisch German · revision 35870

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˌi.taˈli̯eː.nɪʃ/^(Wiktionary)

+ * German, Western: /ˌɪ.talˈjɛː.nɪʃ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''italienisch''' (strong nominative masculine singular italienischer, not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|de|Italien|-isch]], the name of the country with the adjective suffix.^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE) The Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch records the adjective with -ian- as well as -ien- in the second syllable, meaning “from Italy”.^(FWB)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Early New High German ''italianisch'' (1350–1650) meant “coming from Italy, Italian”.^(FWB)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ For a long time the native word for “Italian” was [[welsch]]: it meant “Romance” in general, but from the 16th century the sense “Italian” came to the fore, and it began to go out of use only around 1800.^(DWB|27, 1327)^(Pfeifer 1993) Adelung, in 1793, still mentions ''wälsch'' for Italian in some southern provinces, writing himself ''Italiänisch'' and ''Italiäner''.^(Adelung 1793|4, 1370) Campe, in 1807, rejected ''Italiäner'' and ''italiänisch'' as un-German forms and recommended ''Italier'' and ''italisch''.^(Campe 1807|2, 832b) Paul's dictionary lists a long series of German words borrowed from Italian, from [[Bank]] and [[Konto]] to [[Spaß]] and [[Zitrone]].^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1350–1650 – Early New High German ''italianisch'', ''italienisch'' is recorded.^(FWB)

+ * 16th century – ''welsch'' comes to mean chiefly “Italian”.^(DWB|27, 1327)^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1793 – Adelung writes ''Italiänisch''.^(Adelung 1793|4, 1370)

+ * 1807 – Campe rejects ''italiänisch'' in favour of ''italisch''.^(Campe 1807|2, 832b)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Italian|alt=Italian]]: relating to [[Italien]] or the Italians, coming from them: ''die italienische Küche''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In the Italian language: ''ein italienisch gesungenes Lied''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Italienisch]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Italien]]

+ * [[Italiener]]

+ * [[welsch]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}