komplett German · revision 36165

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1638|origins=la compleō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /kɔmˈplɛt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''komplett''' (strong nominative masculine singular kompletter, not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|complet]], borrowed in the 17th century.^(Kluge 2011|519)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(DFWB) The French adjective goes back to [[la|complētus|t=full, complete]], the participle used as an adjective of [[m|la|compleō|t=to fill up]].^(Kluge 2011|519)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|459) The same loan is [[nl|compleet]], [[en|complete]] and [[sv|komplett]].^(Kluge 2011|519)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The word was first used in the army: in 1638 Mengering's ''Soldatenteufel'' complains of officers who pass off their regiments and companies as ''voll vnd complet'', “full and complete”.^(DFWB)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Soon it was used by printers and musicians, of a complete set of parts or a complete year of a journal (Kuhnau 1700, Lessing 1750), and in general use, of persons from the end of the 18th century, and also as an adverb.^(DFWB) ''komplettieren'' “to complete” is recorded from the 17th century, after [[fr|compléter]], and ''Komplet'' “a dress with a matching coat or jacket”, from French ''complet'' “a man's suit”, from the 20th century.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Kluge 2011|519) In colloquial German ''komplett'' is used as an emphatic “utterly”, and in Austria it means “full” of a tram or a course.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007) Hungarian borrowed it in 1814, in the sense “of sound mind”.^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1638 – First record, of complete military units.^(DFWB)

+ * 17th century – ''komplettieren'' is first recorded.^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1700 – Used of a complete set of musical parts.^(DFWB)

+ * Late 18th century – Applied to persons.^(DFWB)

+ * 1814 – Hungarian borrows ''komplett''.^(LWP)

+ * 20th century – ''Komplet'' “dress with a matching coat” is borrowed.^(Pfeifer 1993)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|complete]], with all its parts: ''Die Sammlung ist jetzt komplett.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|entire]], as a whole; all present: ''Das Haus wird komplett renoviert.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # ''(colloquial)'' Utterly, totally: ''Das ist kompletter Unsinn.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

+ # ''(Austria)'' Full, with no seats left: ''Der Bus war komplett.''^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Duden Fremdwörterbuch 2007)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[komplettieren]]

+ * [[Komplet]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Plenum]]

+ * [[Komplement]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}