Nevertheless
Nonetheless , a conjunctive adverb that, following a statement, introduces an opposing or restrictive statement. Synonyms are nevertheless , nevertheless , nevertheless , nevertheless, and nevertheless .
The word arose in the student language as a joke suitcase word by merging the two synonymous words "nonetheless" and "nonetheless" into one. In Latin class it was called nihilo in spite of everything . It spread in the 19th and in the 20th century to the written language into it.
Although 'nonetheless' was not originally a serious word formation , the word has now established itself in the standard language. Some dictionaries, such as some editions of the Duden publishing house , use the word as colloquial , such as Brockhaus-Wahrig 2011/2012. Duden. The large dictionary of the German language. 2013 rated the adverb as a "joking mixture". In others, such as B. Sprach-Brockhaus (1935) and Wahrig it is not called colloquial. The dtv edition of the Wahrig 1997 (in the new spelling) does not know the word.
Web links
- Nevertheless. In: Digital dictionary of the German language .
- Duden entry: nonetheless
- Society for the German Language - Questions and Answers
- Gerhard Müller: Miscell, section “nonetheless”. PDF, 128 kB (accessed February 19, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Society for the German Language - Questions and Answers , accessed on September 12, 2015.
- ^ Francisco J. Oroz Arizcuren, Antonio Tovar, Eugenio Coseriu, Carlo De Simone: Navicula Tubingensis: studia in honorem Antonii Tovar . Gunter Narr, Tübingen 1984, ISBN 3-87808-230-4 , p. 202 ( books.google.de ).
- ↑ German dictionary. 9th edition 2011, p. 1070 col. 2; CD-ROM 2012.
- ↑ 4th completely revised edition, only published on CD-ROM.