Termin German · revision 36115

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1297|origins=la terminus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /tɛʁˈmiːn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Termin''' ''m'' (genitive Termines or Termins, plural Termine)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|termin]], [[bor|la-med|terminus|t=term of payment, fixed date]], the Medieval Latin use of the Classical word for “boundary stone, boundary, end”.^(Kluge 2011|914)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|855)^(Duden GWDS 1999) Kluge dates it to the 13th century, and Duden to the end of that century in High German texts.^(Kluge 2011|914)^(Duden 7 2020|855) The meaning “fixed point in time, day of payment or of a court hearing” had developed in Medieval Latin, which also used the noun for “district” and for “definition, concept”.^(DFWB)^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ The same Latin noun gave [[nl|termijn]], [[fr|terme]] and [[sv|termin]].^(Kluge 2011|914) From its Medieval Latin sense “a clearly bounded concept” comes [[Terminus]] “technical term”, kept in the Latin form.^(Duden 7 2020|855)^(DFWB)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The DFWB's first records are ''setzen das termin'' (“set the date”, 1297), with the neuter gender, and ''na den termyne der betalinghe'' (“after the date of payment”, 1321).^(DFWB) Middle High German ''termin'' was a fixed or limited time, a day for payments, court summonses or deliveries.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Köbler MHD)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Early New High German also used ''termin'' for “boundary, boundary stone”, in the 16th century.^(Pfeifer 1993) A rare ''Term(e)'' “boundary” is recorded from the 13th to the 15th century.^(DFWB)^(DWB|21, 259) Luther wrote of a ''termin'' “appointed and set”, and in commercial language it meant the day of payment and in legal language the court day.^(Paul 2002) The word was masculine or neuter at first, and up to the 20th century the Latin form ''terminus'' was sometimes used for it.^(DFWB)

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+ The verb [[terminieren]] (about 1300, from [[la-med|terminō]]) meant “to limit, determine”, and since the early 20th century “to fix a date for”; from the mid-15th century it was also used of friars going about their district to collect alms.^(Paul 2002)^(Duden 7 2020|855) Today the noun is also the meeting itself, an appointment.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1297 – First record, ''setzen das termin''.^(DFWB)^(Paul 2002)

+ * 1321 – ''termyne der betalinghe'', the date of payment.^(DFWB)

+ * about 1300 – The verb ''terminieren'' “to limit, determine” is recorded.^(Paul 2002)

+ * 16th century – The sense “boundary, boundary stone” is used.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1674 – The adjective ''terminlich'' is recorded.^(Paul 2002)

+ * early 20th century – ''terminieren'' takes the sense “to fix a date”.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A fixed [[m|en|date]], or a [[m|en|deadline]] by which something must be done: ''Der Termin für die Abgabe der Steuererklärung ist Ende Juli.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[m|en|appointment]], a scheduled meeting: ''Morgen um zehn habe ich einen Termin beim Zahnarzt.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' A date fixed by a court, especially for a [[m|en|hearing]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

+ # ''(sports)'' A scheduled match, a fixture.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[terminieren]]

+ * [[terminlich]]

+ * [[Arzttermin]]

+ * [[Prüfungstermin]]

+ * [[Termingeld]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Terminus]]

+ * [[Terminologie]]

+ * [[determinieren]]

+ * [[en|term]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}