Fahrer German · revision 35962

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=first half of the 15th century|origins=gem-pro *faraną}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Fahrer''' ''m'' (genitive Fahrers, plural Fahrer)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the agent noun [[af|de|fahren|-er]], Middle High German [[m|gmh|varer]].^(Kluge 2011|272)^(DWB2|9, 53) In late Middle High German and Early New High German it was rare on its own and commoner as the second part of compounds such as [[Landfahrer]] and [[Seefahrer]]; the modern word for the driver of a car is a 20th-century shortening of [[Kraftfahrer]].^(DWB2|9, 53)

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+ The verb is [[gmh|varn]], [[goh|faran]], from [[gem-pro|*faraną]], the same word as [[got|𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽|tr=faran]], [[non|fara]] and [[ang|faran]], whence [[m|en|fare]].^(Kluge 2011|272)^(Pfeifer 1993) It belongs to [[ine-pro|*per-|t=to pierce, bring across]], with [[grc|πορεύω|tr=poreúō|t=I carry, (middle) I go]] and [[la|portō|t=to carry]].^(Kluge 2011|272)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest record, from a Rhineland document of the first half of the 15th century, uses ''fahrer'' for a boatman on the Rhine, and a Bavarian mining law of 1616 for a man shipping salt.^(DWB2|9, 53) The Grimms' dictionary gives the senses “traveller” and “driver of a vehicle”, quoting Weiße's ''herr fahrer, hinten darauf!'', “Mister driver, up on the back!”, said from a sleigh.^(DWB|3, 1259)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Adelung (1793) knew the word only in compounds such as ''Bergenfahrer'', ''Grönlandsfahrer'' and ''Seefahrer''.^(Adelung 1793) Pfeifer dates the sense “driver of a horse-drawn vehicle” to the 18th century.^(Pfeifer 1993) In the 20th century it chiefly names the driver of a motor car;^(DWB2|9, 53) Georg Heym wrote in 1904 ''seht der kaiser reicht die hand dem fahrer'', “look, the emperor gives the driver his hand”.^(DWB2|9, 53) It was borrowed as [[sl|forar|t=carter]].^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * First half of the 15th century – ''fahrer'' is used of a Rhine boatman.^(DWB2|9, 53)

+ * 1616 – A Bavarian mining law uses it of a salt shipper.^(DWB2|9, 53)

+ * 18th century – ''Fahrer'' means the driver of a vehicle.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1793 – Adelung records the word only in compounds.^(Adelung 1793)

+ * 1904 – Georg Heym uses it for the driver of a car.^(DWB2|9, 53)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who drives a motor vehicle; a [[m|en|driver]]: ''Der Fahrer bremste gerade noch rechtzeitig.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ # A person who drives a vehicle for a living, as a [[m|en|chauffeur]] or truck driver: ''Die Spedition stellt neue Fahrer ein.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Fahrerin]]

+ * [[Beifahrer]]

+ * [[Autofahrer]]

+ * [[Radfahrer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fahren]]

+ * [[Kraftfahrer]]

+ * [[Seefahrer]]

+ * [[Fahrt]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}