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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German so vōrt, from so (intensifier) + vōrt (“forth; soon”). Written as one word from the 16th century.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sofort
- immediately, at once
Derived terms
References
- ^ Das Herkunftswörterbuch. Etymologie der deutschen Sprache (Der Duden in zwölf Bänden) (in German), 4th edition, volume 7, Mannheim/Leipzig/Wien/Zürich: Dudenverlag, 2006, →ISBN
Further reading
- “sofort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sofort” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “sofort” in Duden online