Sobriety

Sobriety referred to in the German language a fasted state or a sober Article

The term can refer to different areas, so " not drunk about; having drunk any alcohol "," eaten without something to have drunk "and is " focused on the objectively given, Expedient restrictive "or to" the Expedient; without a decorative accessory. " Obsolete designated sober also " without seasoning, salt is not enough ." As Synonyms cold, coolness and thrift apply.

Etymology

Sober ' having not eaten and drunk, on an empty stomach, not drunk ' as an adjective for, transferred ' sober, passionless, unimaginative ', OHG nuohturn ( 10th/11th century; . nuohturnīn to the training, by 1000, as in nuohturnīn Sin ' of one thing contain '), MHG nüehtern, even ' not drunk ', mnd. nöchteren, mnl. nuchteren, nuchterne, nl. nuchter are borrowed from Latin terrors, nocturnal ', which, by aligning with local names for' ahd dawn, dusk ' uohta ( 1000 ), MHG uohte, uhte, NHG ( scenic ) UCHT, asächs. Uhta, mnd. visited ( related to night) was created.

Probably it is etymologically a arisen in the monasteries word meaning ' at dawn consisting frühmorgendlich, in the state of early morning located ', that is ' eating and drinking anything yet having ' especially in the period of the night's sleep following morning worship prior to the morning meal. This resulted in sobriety (early 15th century). sober for ' a break from the state of intoxication ' (17th century); Sobering up (mid-19th century), sober ' after overeating, recover from a noise ', MHG sober, ' jmdn tear out from an increased mood ' (18th century); Disillusionment ( 2nd half of 19th century).

Colloquial use

In addition to the transferred meaning (eg someone has an empty character ), there are colloquially ambivalent meanings of fasting in relation to the consumption of food and drink: firstly in terms of " no alcohol in the last hours consumed " (eg alcohol abstinence for use on the road ), on the other, in the sense of " no food in the last hours consumed " (so-called fasting before medical procedures ).