ermöglichen German · revision 36148

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1811, Radetzky|origins=de möglich}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * [ɛɐ̯ˈmøːklɪçn̩]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ermöglichen''' (third-person singular present ermöglicht, past tense ermöglichte, past participle ermöglicht, auxiliary haben)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|de|er-|möglich|-en]], a verb meaning “to make possible” made from the adjective.^(Wiktionary)^(DWB2|8, 1988) Wiktionary's German edition describes it as a conversion of the adjective with the prefix.^(Wiktionary DE) [[möglich]], recorded from the 13th century as [[gmh|mügelich]], belongs to [[mögen]] in its old sense “to be able”.^(Kluge 2011|630)^(Duden GWDS 1999)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The revised Grimm dictionary's first quotation comes from a memorandum by Radetzky written in 1811 and printed in 1858: a bridgehead secures the connection with the army corps in Croatia and “makes possible” their influence on the operations of the main army.^(DWB2|8, 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Grimms' dictionary of 1862 entered the verb with the Latin gloss ''potestatem facere'' and the senses “make possible, practicable, easy”.^(DWB|3, 916) Hermann Paul used it in his ''Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte'' (1880), and in the 20th century it became an everyday word of written and spoken German.^(DWB2|8, 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1811 – Radetzky uses the verb in a military memorandum.^(DWB2|8, 1988)

+ * 1862 – The Grimms' dictionary records ''ermöglichen''.^(DWB|3, 916)

+ * 1880 – Hermann Paul uses it in his ''Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte''.^(DWB2|8, 1988)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(transitive)'' To make [[m|en|possible]], to [[m|en|enable]]; to create the conditions for something: ''Das Stipendium ermöglichte ihr ein Studium in Wien.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[möglich]]

+ * [[mögen]]

+ * [[Möglichkeit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}