Dudelsack

German

Etymology

Formally dudeln (“play monotone music, tootle”) +‎ Sack (“sack, bag”). While it is uncertain whether the verb dudeln as such is originally Slavic or not, its use in Dudelsack is definitely based on Czech and/or Polish dudy (“bagpipes”). The latter was also borrowed into early modern German as Dudei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːdəlˌzak/

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Noun

Dudelsack m (strong, genitive Dudelsackes or Dudelsacks, plural Dudelsäcke)

1. bagpipes

   Synonym: (less common) Sackpfeife

Declension

Declension of Dudelsack [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dudelsack	die	Dudelsäcke
genitive	eines	des	Dudelsackes, Dudelsacks	der	Dudelsäcke
dative	einem	dem	Dudelsack, Dudelsacke1	den	Dudelsäcken
accusative	einen	den	Dudelsack	die	Dudelsäcke

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Dudelsackpfeifer
• Dudelsackspieler

Further reading

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