Mund

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See also: mund and mund'

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mʊnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʊnt
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German munt, from Old High German mund, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Cognate with Low German Mund, Dutch mond, English mouth, Danish mund.

Noun[edit]

Mund m (strong, genitive Mundes or Munds, plural Münder, diminutive Mündchen n or Mündlein n)

  2. mouth of a person
Declension[edit]
Declension of Mund [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Mund die Münder
genitive eines des Mundes, Munds der Münder
dative einem dem Mund, Munde1 den Mündern
accusative einen den Mund die Münder

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
  • Maul, mouth of an animal

Etymology 2[edit]

From an earlier Munt, from Middle High German and Old High German munt, from Proto-Germanic *mundō.

The retention of /d/ in the combination /nd/ is a signature of northern High German dialects and only becomes widespread after a period in the Middle Ages where the southern reflex /nt/ is favoured in southern writings.

Noun[edit]

Mund f (genitive Mund, plural Munde)

  2. (obsolete) hand
  3. (obsolete) legal protection
Usage notes[edit]
  • Due to conflation with the masculine noun, combined nouns based on this one are also masculine.
See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German munt, from Old High German mund, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Mund m (plural Munde, diminutive Mundche)

  1. mouth

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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