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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "erst-2" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "erst-2" 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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“Es wird dringend geraten, Wertgegenstände gar nicht erst zum Sport mitzubringen”
This seems to be a different sense of erst than the senses you have here?
Nice one!
“gar nicht erst” is kind of a fixed phrase that’s used in contexts of “not even having to start”. The idea is that if you don’t bring your valuables in the first (ahem… erst) place, you then won’t have to worry about what to do with them or if the lockers are safe or whatever.
erst can mean “as recently as” right?
I guess you mean stuff like this:
– Ich habe das Bad gestern erst saubergemacht. Warum schon wieder?
Yes, “as recently as” expresses the same idea. It’s the classic “erst” here with this weird vague sense of “not much yet”.
yep thanks