Akkordeon

See also: akkordeon

German

Alternative forms

• Akkordion (obsolete, rare)
• Accordion (obsolete)

Etymology

Coined and patented in May 1829 by Cyrill Demian as Accordion = Accord +‎ -ion. The word then first became Akkordion in the 20th century, then Akkordeon under influence from French accordéon which in turn was influenced to be more similar to orphéon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkɔʁdeɔn/

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Noun

Akkordeon n (strong, genitive Akkordeons, plural Akkordeons)

1. accordion

Declension

Declension of Akkordeon [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Akkordeon	die	Akkordeons
genitive	eines	des	Akkordeons	der	Akkordeons
dative	einem	dem	Akkordeon	den	Akkordeons
accusative	ein	das	Akkordeon	die	Akkordeons

Derived terms

• Akkordeonspieler
• Akkordeonspielerin

Descendants

• → English: accordion
• → French: accordéon
  • → Danish: akkordeon
  • → Norman: accordéon
  • → Polish: akordeon
  • → Portuguese: acordeão, acordeom
  • → Russian: аккордео́н (akkordeón) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Turkish: acordeyon, akordiyon

Further reading

• “Akkordeon” in Duden online
• “Akkordeon”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Akkordeon.

Noun

Akkordeon m (plural Akkordeonen)

1. accordion