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German
Etymology
From northern Middle High German wīchbilde (14th c., earlier also wīcbilde), from Middle Low German wîkbelde (12th c.). The first part of the compound is equivalent to Old High German wīh, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō, from Latin vīcus. The second part is of uncertain origin, but probably from a word for “law”, related with German billig (“appropriate”), Unbill (“injustice”); such that Weichbild originally referred to the areas where the municipal law of a city was in effect.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯çbɪlt/
- Hyphenation: Weich‧bild
Noun
Weichbild n (strong, genitive Weichbildes or Weichbilds, plural Weichbilder)
- (literary, dated) city area
- Synonym: Stadtgebiet
1956, Hugo Hartung, Schlesien 1944/45 – Aufzeichnungen und Tagebücher, dtv, published 1976, page 152:Die Landschaft fliegt vorbei, grün und flammend sommerbunt. Ist man erst aus dem Weichbild Dresdens heraus, sind die Dörfer und Städte unzerstört.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References
- ^ Weichbild - Etymologie in: Wolfgang Pfeifer et al., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (1993), digitalisierte und von Wolfgang Pfeifer überarbeitete Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- ^ “Weichbild” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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