JOHANN CHRISTOPH See also:

• JOHANN CHRISTOPH ADELUNG (1732-1806)

ADELUNG (1732-1806)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German grammarian and philologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Spantekow, in See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania, on the 8th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1732, and educated at the public See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of See also:

• ANKLAM

Anklam and Klosterbergen, and the university of See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle . In 1759 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor at the gymnasium of See also:

• ERFURT

Erfurt, but relinquished this situation two years later and went to reside in a private capacity at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, where he devoted him-self to philological researches . In 1787 he received the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal librarian to the elector of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden, where he continued to reside until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the loth of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1806 . The writings of See also:

• ADELUNG, JOHANN CHRISTOPH (1732-1806)

Adelung are very voluminous, and there is not one of them, perhaps, which does not exhibit some proofs of the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry and erudition of the author . By means of his excellent gramplars, See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary and various See also:

• WORKS

works on German See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, he contributed greatly towards rectifying the See also:

• ORTHOGRAPHY (from Gr. Opeoc, correct, right or straight, and yp&cbecv, to write)

orthography, refining the See also:

• IDIOM (Gr. t&%wµa, something peculiar and personal; lbws, one's own, personal)

idiom and fixing the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of his native See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue . His German dictionary—Grammatisch-kritisches W Oster-bud: der hochdeutschen Mundart (1774–1786)-bears See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness to the patient spirit of investigation which Adelung possessed in so remarkable a degree, and to his intimate knowledge of the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the different dialects on which See also:

• MODERN

modern German is based . No See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man before See also:

• JAKOB, LUDWIG HEINRICH VON (1759—1827)

Jakob See also:

• GRIMM, FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR, I
• GRIMM, JACOB LUDWIG CARL (1785-1863)
• GRIMM, WILHELM CARL (1786-1859)

Grimm (q.v.) did so much for the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . Shortly before his death he issued Mithridates, See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

oder aligemeine Sprachenkunde (1806) . The hint of this ,See also:

• WORK

work appears to have been taken from a publication, with a similar See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title, published by Konrad von See also:

• GESNER
• GESNER, ABRAHAM (1797-1864)
• GESNER, JOHANN MATTHIAS (1691—1761)

Gesner (151&-156.5) in 1555; but the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of Adelung is much more extensive . Unfortunately he did not live to finish what he had undertaken . The first See also:

• VOLUME

volume, which contains the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, was published immediately after his death; the other two were issued under the superintendence of Johann Severin Vater (1771–1826) . Of the very numerous works by Adelung the following may be noted: Directorium diplomaticum (See also:

• MEISSEN

Meissen, 1802); Deutsche Sprachlehre fib- Schulen (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1781), and the periodical, Magazin See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die deutsche Sprache (Leipzig, 1782–1784) .