Kummerbund

See also: kummerbund

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English cummerbund, from Hindustani کمر بند / कमरबंद (kamarband), from Classical Persian کمربند (kamarband), derived from کمر (kamar, “waist”) + بند (band, “band”).

The English -u- (instead of more etymological -a-) is a pronunciation spelling representing Hindi [ɐ]. In German, in turn, this -u- was given a spelling pronunciation, leading to [ʊ] as well as a remotivation as Kummer (“sorrow”) + Bund (“waistband”). German Bund is indeed related with Persian بند (band) through Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊmərˌbʊnt/, [ˈkʊmɐˌbʊnt]
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Noun

Kummerbund m (strong, genitive Kummerbundes or Kummerbunds, plural Kummerbunde)

  1. cummerbund

Declension

Declension of Kummerbund [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kummerbund die Kummerbunde
genitive eines des Kummerbundes, Kummerbunds der Kummerbunde
dative einem dem Kummerbund, Kummerbunde1 den Kummerbunden
accusative einen den Kummerbund die Kummerbunde

1Now rare, see notes.

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