Nachricht German · revision 36067

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈnaːxrɪçt/, [ˈnäːχ.ʁɪçt], [ˈnäː.χɪçt]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Nachricht''' ''f'' (genitive Nachricht, plural Nachrichten)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a shortening of the Early New High German noun [[Nachrichtung]], or a parallel formation [[af|de|nach|richten]].^(Kluge 2011|645)^(Wahrig Herkunftswörterbuch)^(Wiktionary) Like [[la|īnstrūctiō]], it first meant “instruction”, that by which one is to direct oneself, and was then generalized to “message”.^(Kluge 2011|645)^(Duden 7 2014|583) Compare [[nl|naricht]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ Adelung found the first element obscure and suggested that the word was modelled on [[m|la|relātiō]], since German often renders the Latin prefix [[m|la|re-]] by [[nach]].^(Adelung 1793)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Pfeifer dates the word to about 1600.^(Pfeifer 1993) The first record, from 1608 in an Austrian legal record, has an instruction read out “for everyone's direction”, that is, as guidance on how to act.^(DWB|13, 103)^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense moved from a notice telling people what to do to any communication of a fact: the Grimms' dictionary quotes Goethe, Schiller and Wieland for news given, brought or received, and lists local, official and political ''Nachrichten'' in the newspapers.^(DWB|13, 103)^(Paul 2002) Between the 16th and 18th centuries it gradually displaced the longer ''Nachrichtung''.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2014|583) The plural came to mean the news bulletin on radio and later television in the 20th century.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Paul 2002) A proverb in Wander says that good news always comes at the right time, bad news always too early: ''gute Nachricht kommt stets gelegen, schlechte immer zu früh''.^(DWB|13, 103)

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+ The verb [[benachrichtigen]] “to inform” is recorded by Kaspar Stieler in 1691.^(Paul 2002) In Bavarian, ''Nachricht'' could also mean the dish served after the main meal, the dessert, as the opposite of ''Vorricht''.^(DWB|13, 103)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 16th century – The older noun ''Nachrichtung'' “what one is to go by, instruction” is in use.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2014|583)

+ * About 1600 – ''Nachricht'' appears.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Wiktionary)

+ * 1608 – First dated record, in an Austrian legal record.^(Paul 2002)^(DWB|13, 103)

+ * 1691 – Kaspar Stieler records ''benachrichtigen''.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 20th century – The plural ''Nachrichten'' names the news broadcast.^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A piece of [[m|en|news]], a [[m|en|message]] or [[m|en|notification]] telling someone the latest state of a matter: ''Seit Wochen hat die Familie keine Nachricht von ihrem Sohn.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(in the plural)'' The news, a news programme on radio or television: ''Um acht kommen die Nachrichten.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(telecommunications)'' A message sent from a source to a receiver, such as a text message or e-mail.^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[benachrichtigen]]

+ * [[Nachrichtendienst]]

+ * [[Nachrichtenagentur]]

+ * [[Nachrichtensendung]]

+ * [[Nachrichtensprecher]]

+ * [[nachrichtlich]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nach]]

+ * [[richten]]

+ * [[Bericht]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}