Kummer

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkumɛr]

Proper noun

Kummer m anim (female equivalent Kummerová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kummer (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kummer	Kummerové
genitive	Kummera	Kummerů
dative	Kummerovi	Kummerům
accusative	Kummera	Kummery
vocative	Kummere	Kummerové
locative	Kummerovi	Kummerech
instrumental	Kummerem	Kummery

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kumber (“debris, rubble, obstruction, distress, encumbrance, confiscation”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Kommer, Dutch kommer, Old Frisian kummer.

• Probably from Old French *combre (“obstruction, barrier”), combrer (“to hinder”), from Medieval Latin combrus (“barricade”), usually said to be from either Latin cumulus (“heap”) or Gaulish *komberū << Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”) << *kom- +‎ *bereti (“to bear”). Compare Middle French combre, Medieval Latin combrus, English cumber.
• Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kumbr, from Proto-Germanic *kumbraz (“burden, trouble, sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊmɐ/
• Rhymes: -ʊmɐ

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Noun

Kummer m (strong, genitive Kummers, no plural)

1. grief, sorrow

   Synonym: Leid

2. (colloquial) trouble

   Synonyms: Ärger, Problem

Declension

Declension of Kummer [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kummer
genitive	eines	des	Kummers
dative	einem	dem	Kummer
accusative	einen	den	Kummer

Related terms

• Kummerbund (related only by popular etymology)
• kümmern
• Kümmernis

See also

• Leiden n
• Sorge f
• Trauer f
• Traurigkeit f

Further reading

• “Kummer” in Duden online
• “Kummer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German kamara, a borrowing from Latin camera. Compare German Kammer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumɐ/

Noun

Kummer f (plural Kummeren)

1. chamber
2. bedroom