daarom Dutch · revision 37338

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1100, Old Dutch (Egmond Williram)}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /daː.rˈɔm/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''daarom'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|dum|daeromme]], [[inh|odt|thār umbi]], a compound [[af|nl|daar|om]].^(EWN)^(ONW)^(Wiktionary) Middle Dutch also wrote ⟨daerombe⟩ and ⟨darumbe⟩.^(VMNW)^(MNW) The same compound is [[goh|dārumbi]] (modern [[de|darum]]), [[gml|darumme]] and [[ofs|therumbe]].^(EWN)^(MNW)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Egmond Williram of about 1100 has ''thar umbe'' “for that reason”.^(ONW) In Middle Dutch the Limburg life of Saint Servatius of about 1200 says ''du si gode drumbe baden'', when they prayed to God for it, and a Limburg glossary of about 1240 gives ''darumbe'' for Latin ''ideo'' “therefore”.^(EWN)^(VMNW)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle Dutch the word gave a reason or a purpose, the subject of a thought (“about that”) and even place (“around it”), and it was also used as a relative, “for which reason”.^(VMNW) ''Daerom dat'' and ''daerom omdat'' meant “because”.^(MNW) Since the 16th century it has also meant “not for that reason, nevertheless” in negative clauses (1616), as in ''hij is daarom nog niet dom''.^(WNT)^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ As a bare answer, ''daarom!'' refuses to give a reason; this is recorded in 1865, and by 1785 ''het daarom'' could be a noun, the unsatisfying reason given.^(WNT) Afrikaans has ''daarom'' and ''darem'' “after all”, and Negerhollands took ''daarom''.^(Wiktionary)^(Van der Sijs 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – Old Dutch ''thar umbe'' in the Egmond Williram.^(ONW)

+ * c. 1200 – Middle Dutch ''drumbe'' in the life of Saint Servatius.^(EWN)

+ * c. 1240 – ''Darumbe'' glosses Latin ''ideo''.^(VMNW)^(EWN)

+ * 1260 – ''Daeromme'' “in return for that” in a charter.^(EWN)

+ * 1616 – ''Daerom niet'' “nevertheless not”.^(WNT)

+ * 1865 – ''Daarom niet'' as an answer that withholds a reason.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|therefore]], for that reason, that is why: ''het regende, daarom bleven we binnen''.^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek)

+ # ''(in negative clauses)'' For all that, nevertheless: ''hij is rijk, maar daarom nog niet gelukkig''.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WNT)

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+ ===Interjection===

+ # Because: a reply that refuses to give a reason: ''waarom mag ik niet mee? – daarom!''.^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(colloquial)'' Exactly, that's just it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[daar]]

+ * [[om]]

+ * [[waarom]]

+ * [[de|darum]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Waarom niet? Daarom niet'' is said to put off a child who keeps asking why.^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}