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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "frist" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "frist" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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I’m a little confused about the translations and your explanation on this one. Deadline in English is an (end)point in time, while the period (in the context of time, at least) is a span of time.
The deadline for the assignment is 17:00 on Friday. The period I have to work on the assignment starts today and runs until 17:00 on Friday.
In German, could die Frist be either a point in time or a span of time and, based on context, you figure out which one the speaker means?
So technically, “die “Frist” is the span until a deadline. But in practice, things that are phrased with “Frist” in German are often translated with “deadline” in English.
– Die Frist endet am Freitag.
– The deadline is on Friday.