Timeline for What is the etymology of "Es gibt" in the sense of "There is"?
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| Mar 23, 2017 at 12:21 | vote | accept | DPenner1 | ||
| Mar 22, 2017 at 20:21 | comment | added | Takkat | @Janka: yeah - we could endlessly elaborate this... and of course all variations still coexist until today (only es gibt developed last), The verb ergeben is already mentioned, perhaps a bit hidden. | |
| Mar 22, 2017 at 20:17 | comment | added | Janka | In addition to this good answer, I want to add da ist und da haben are still an option for a number of cases. And then there is the verb ergeben of which one meaning is to give a result. | |
| Mar 22, 2017 at 20:17 | comment | added | Christian Geiselmann | Wow. That was an answer of a quality I would like to see more often here! Thank you! | |
| Mar 22, 2017 at 20:10 | history | answered | Takkat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |