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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "schicken" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "schicken" 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 will read the article later but was here quickly to check the prepositions and none of the examples have them and i don’t have time to read the whole article rn : )
When is it schicken an and when ist it schicken zu please?
Great question!!
“schicken an” is about mailing to an address. Can be email or physical, but there is an “address” involved somehwere.
“schicken zu” is more about getting something or something to a place or person.
– Ich schicke dich zum Arzt.
– Ich schicke das Hemd zu meinem Schneider.
The first example would not work with “an”, the second would, but then the focus is on the parcel and mail side, whereas with “zu” it’s more casual.
For emails, “zu” would always sound weird, because of the address.
That’s the best I could come up with right now. Probably not a 100% match with reality, but I think it’s a good guideline overall.
ok cool, so to be more specific “schicken an die Reparatur” or “schicken zur Reparatur” works for both right (with slightly different emphaises)?
“zur” is much better here, because “die Reparatur” is an act, not a place. Of course it happens at a place, but there’s not enough “address” vibe here. Just imagine what you’d write on the label. “Reparatur, Grünberger Str. 86”
cool…and thats a good way to think about it. And just with the person thing you can say “schick mal die E-mail an mich” right ? Like when its about an actual e-mail or letter?
Yes, E-Mail always goes with “an” (I mean “always” in the sense of “mostly”).
Also now you got me intrigued about what’s at this address hehe. F-hain’s not an area i spend much time really, nothing against it really, its just kinda not part of my day-to-day life…. although I was their to get some piercings done recently…
*there
(couldn’t resist XD)
I used to live at that address but moved not so long ago.Loved it there.
right by Boxy huh, think that would be too busy for me but cool you had a good time there….
I loved that. That’s what I miss. My flat was really quiet and I loved coming out and having vibrant yet chill life around me.
Apparently Schicksal and geschick are also related to this verb. But for my life I can’t understand how. (I don’t know how to understand DWDS)
Yup, I just hadn’t connected these two to this family yet. I don’t typically do it when entering the words, but instead I do a “family run” after a while where I enter all these connections.