Erinnerung German · revision 36239

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ɛɐˈʔɪnəʁʊŋ(k)/, /ɛɐˈʁɪnəʁʊŋ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Erinnerung''' ''f'' (genitive Erinnerung, plural Erinnerungen)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|de|erinnern|-ung]], formed in the 15th century, beside [[gml|erinneringe]], older [[m|gml|erinninge]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2007)^(DWB2|8, 1842) The verb [[erinnern]] (14th century; [[gmh|innern]], [[m|gmh|geinnern|t=to make aware, remind]]) is derived from [[goh|innaro|t=inner]], the comparative behind [[inner]], and first meant “to make someone aware of something”.^(Kluge 2011|255)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2007) The adjective belongs to [[in]], from [[gem-pro|*in|t=in]].^(Kluge 2011|445)^(Kluge 2011|441)

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+ Pfeifer mentions [[goh|giinnaren]] (in a 12th-century manuscript) as perhaps the same verb, but it glosses [[la|aperiō|t=to open]], and the EWA thinks the connection doubtful because of the meaning, though possible in form.^(Pfeifer 1993)^(EWA|5, 105)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The revised Grimm's first record is from 1430, in the sense “admonition, request, a reminder not to forget something”.^(DWB2|8, 1842) The Early New High German dictionary also records the senses “demand for payment”, “comment”, “recollection, memory” and “spiritual instruction”.^(FWB)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Until the 18th century the main sense was “reminder, admonition”, as in Luther's letters of 1545 (''christliche erinnerung'').^(DWB2|8, 1842) The sense “memory, remembrance” is in Luther too, and is the usual one in the 18th century, in Schiller and Goethe.^(DWB|3, 860) Adelung distinguishes the act of reminding from the state of remembering, and records ''Erinnerungsvermögen'' “the power of memory”.^(Adelung 1793|1, 1904)

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+ In the plural ''Erinnerungen'' are memoirs, and in German law an ''Erinnerung'' is a remedy against a decision not made by a judge.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14th century – The verb ''erinnern'' appears.^(Kluge 2011|255)^(Pfeifer 1993)

+ * 1430 – First record of ''Erinnerung'', meaning “admonition”.^(DWB2|8, 1842)

+ * 1545 – Luther writes of a ''christliche erinnerung'' (“Christian admonition”).^(DWB2|8, 1842)

+ * 1793 – Adelung records ''Erinnerungsvermögen''.^(Adelung 1793|1, 1904)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The ability to remember; [[m|en|memory]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|recollection]]: something one remembers, a remembered experience.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|remembrance|alt=Remembrance]], commemoration: ''zur Erinnerung an'' “in memory of”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # A [[m|en|keepsake]], a memento.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(plural)'' [[m|en|memoir|alt=Memoirs]], an autobiography.^(Duden GWDS 1999)

+ # A [[m|en|reminder]].^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law, Germany)'' A legal remedy against a decision not taken by a judge, or against the manner of enforcement.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Erinnerungsvermögen]]

+ * [[Erinnerungslücke]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[erinnern]]

+ * [[inner]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}