Kolben

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German kolbe (“club”), from Old High German kolbo, cholpo, from Proto-Germanic *kolbô, *kulba(n)- (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).^[1] Cognate with Dutch kolf, whence probably English golf.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlbən/, [ˈkɔlbn̩], [ˈkɔlbm̩]
Hyphenation: Kol‧ben
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Noun[edit]

Kolben m (strong, genitive Kolbens, plural Kolben, diminutive Kölbchen n)

(weaponry) butt of a rifle
(mechanics) piston
(botany) spadix
Synonym: Spadix
(botany) spike (of Typha)
(sciences) flask

Declension[edit]

Declension of Kolben [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	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

Hyponyms[edit]

(spadix): Maiskolben
(spike): Rohrkolben
(flask): Auffangkolben, Birnenkolben, Destillierkolben, Erlenmeyerkolben, Kjeldahl-Kolben, Maßkolben, Mehrhalskolben, Messkolben, Rundkolben, Spitzkolben, Stehkolben, Verdampferkolben
Riechkolben

Related terms[edit]

Golf

References[edit]

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “kulba(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309

Further reading[edit]

“Kolben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Kolben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Kolben” in Duden online
Kolben on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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