Urgency
Urgenz is a noun derived from the Latin urgere ("urge") meaning urgency . In this meaning it is still widespread in the Austrian-speaking area today. The associated adjective urgent with the meaning “urgent, urgent, urgent” exists with the same meaning in French and English .
The associated verb urgieren meaning "push for something, something send a reminder" (lat. Urgere , probably with the High German "gag" related) found in philosophical and scientific texts until the 19th century outside the Austrian-speaking countries, such as Authors like Schopenhauer , Goethe or Hegel :
- " Ut pictura poesis erit " is a popular saying, which is often urged, especially in theory, and which has been precisely taken and applied by descriptive poetry in its descriptions of the seasons and times of day, flowers and landscapes. But the description [...]. ( GWF Hegel , Lectures on Aesthetics , 1835–1838.)
Further meanings of urge :
- push, drive, push, push (away); poetic: to repress ( dies, diem or nox diem urget ), to push, to crowd ( fluctus ad litora urgent )
- harassment, hard work, no rest, cornering someone with questions or words, storming with requests, sticking to the topic stubbornly and persistently, insisting on it and constantly emphasizing; poetic: to pursue something zealously, not let go of something
The symbol U for electrical voltage , which is common in German-speaking countries , is also derived from Urgenz.
Wiktionary: Urgenz - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
