belongings
By belongings one understands the poor possessions of an almost destitute person. In particular, “belongings” refers to the last items left by the victim of a disaster or a refugee , or the things that a victim was able to save or had to limit the rescue to; likewise the objects that homeless people carry with them.
"Belongings" on 24. October 2004 in the German Language Council and the Goethe Institute initiated international competition for the " most beautiful German word was chosen" because the term secular Have the unattainable goal of human pursuit of happiness ( bliss associate, bliss) .
In fact, this justification has nothing to do with the history of words. Because lexically as well as verbatim, the “belongings” are not “belongings”, but “belongings” or “belongings”. "Habsal" denotes the totality of what one possesses. "Habselig" is the adjective of "Habsal" and "Habseligkeit" is in turn a noun of "habselig".
Due to the incorrect derivation of the word, various sources criticized the German Language Council and the “most beautiful German word” selected by a jury on its behalf.
Individual evidence
- ^ Message on the website of the German Language Council ( Memento from September 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ “Personal belongings have nothing to do with (socially romantic) bliss, but with chaff, souvenirs, sprinkles or leftovers. The diminutive suffix alone testifies: little, little, sparse, irrelevant - just crumbs and snippets. ”( Thomas Kapielski : Leuchten. A- und Sophorismen. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016, p. 126 f.).
