Talk:Ur-

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I've removed:

In English, the word Urtext is used for something which would be called Urfassung ("first draft") in German.

because I'm virtually certain this is not so. Urtext means, "accurate rendition of the composer's considered intention", not "composer's first draft". See Urtext, as well as [1]. Opus33 23:25, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I'm sorry, this was my mistake. But I'll add the word Urtext (because it does contain the prefix Ur-) to the See also section. I hope you don't mind. <KF> 00:07, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Not at all! Thanks for thinking of this. Opus33 00:54, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

"Recently, however, the prefix ur- has been used productively, especially by young speakers, to create countless neologisms. New words include the colloquialisms urfad ("very boring") and urgeil and urcool (both meaning "super", "very nice")."

This is also common in swedish. My german dictionary from 1942 has "ureigen" (rough translation "ur-(his(own", "particular, characteristic") "ureigenheit" (ur-own-ness) and ("ureigentümlichkeit") ("ur-own-dom-ly-ness") (both "particular, characteristic trait"), so I guess it could be disputed how "recent" this usage actually is... "eigentümlich" is a german word meaning strange, btw...

Also, a footnote, I found the german word "ururalt"... Funny...

[edit] Are references really needed here?

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has just been added to the article. Of course a reference won't harm, but is it really needed?--Niels Ø 09:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

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