It means echo in this context. But literally “answer” not response.
If I shout in a room and hear an answer that is myself that is … My echo.
You’re making less and less sense by the hour bud.
Antwort, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German antwurt, feminine, Old High German atwurti, feminine, ‘answer,’ beside which there is a neuter form Middle High German antwürte, Old High German antwurti, Gothic ándawaurdi; literally ‘counter-words’ (collective). Compare ant-; also, Anglo-Saxon andswaru, English answer, under schwören.
Can I get some German lessons from you? It seems you’re even better in my mother Tongue than me! /s
What’s “response” in German, btw.?
Yes, because I’ve conspired to turn several dictionaries and literary scholars against you because you are somehow that important.
Antwort, context matters you’re not making the point you think you are.
I just want to learn some German from you. It’s getting worse and worse by the minute!
I’m just a little guy who is crazy, because he’s yelling into woods and expecting an echo!
Forgive me father, for I have sinned, because my translations of German idioms is not perfect.
/s
Are you saying the dictionary’s etymology is wrong?
“Answer” Is literally derived From proto Germanic andaswarō take a crack at what word that developed into. I’ll give you a hint, we’ve talked about it.
From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) + -swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of “a sworn statement rebutting a charge”. The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).
Wow, I surely didn’t wake up today expecting some rando on the internet to copy n paste the dictionary at me.
