Crush
Enthusiasm can address a personal inclination towards enthusiasm , in a narrower sense in particular inclinations that are denied realism or seriousness.
The underlying verb schwärmen has been used in German since the 11th century (mhd. Swarmen , swermen , ahd. Swermen ). At first it was mainly related to the swarm behavior of the bees (see swarm instinct ).
In the 16th century, the terms in this context enthusiasts and fanatics (Luther Schwermgeister embossed). This derogatory term was mainly used for spiritualists such as Andreas Bodenstein (called Karlstadt) or Sebastian Franck . Against this background, rave later developed the meaning "to be enthusiastic about something in a unrealistic way". The enthusiast becomes an "enthusiastic dreamer".
The transference to persons, in the sense of “enthusiastically adoring someone”, is even more recent. The current connotation of crush as "hobby" or "lover" is derived from this. Crushing is also known as a less intense form of falling in love .
literature
- Manfred Engel : The enthusiast's rehabilitation. Theory and representation of enthusiasm in the late Enlightenment and early Goethe time. In: Hans-Jürgen Schings (Ed.): The whole person. Anthropology and Literature in the 18th Century. Metzler, Stuttgart 1994, pp. 469-498.
- Manfred Engel: The "true", the "good" and the "magic lantern of the enthusiastic imagination". Problems of legitimation of reason in the late Enlightenment enthusiast debate. In: German Life and Letters. 62 (2009), pp. 53-66.
References and footnotes
- ↑ a b c d Kluge Etymological Dictionary of the German Language , 24th edition, 2002
- ↑ a b c Duden "Etymologie" - dictionary of origins of the German language , 2nd edition, Dudenverlag, 1989
