Kolben

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1 German

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German kolbe (“club”), from Old High German kolbo, cholpo. Ninth century.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA: [ˈkɔlbən], [ˈkɔlbn̩], [ˈkɔlbm̩]
Hyphenation: Kol‧ben

Noun[edit]

Kolben m (genitive Kolbens, plural Kolben)

(of a rifle) butt
piston
(botany) spadix
(sciences) flask

Declension[edit]

declension of Kolben

	singular			plural
m gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kolben	die	Kolben
genitive	eines	des	Kolbens	der	Kolben
dative	einem	dem	Kolben	den	Kolben
accusative	einen	den	Kolben	die	Kolben

Synonyms[edit]

(spadix) Spadix

Hyponyms[edit]

(spadix) Maiskolben
(flask) Auffangkolben, Birnenkolben, Erlenmeyerkolben, Kjeldahl-Kolben, Maßkolben, Mehrhalskolben, Messkolben, Rundkolben, Spitzkolben, Stehkolben, Verdampferkolben

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