Kummer

English

Etymology

• As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Kummer (“distress, grief”).
• Also as a German and Swiss German surname, from a derivative of the medieval personal name Kunemar, from Old High German kuoni (“bold”) + mari (“fame”).
• As a Slavic surname, Germanized from Upper Sorbian Komor, Komar, from komor (“mosquito, gnat”), see Kommer. Also sometimes Germanized from Kumer.

Proper noun

Kummer

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Kummerian
• Kummer ring
• Kummer's theorem
• Kummer surface
• Kummer variety

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kummer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 365.

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkumɛr]

Proper noun

Kummer m anim (female equivalent Kummerová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kummer (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kummer	Kummerové
genitive	Kummera	Kummerů
dative	Kummerovi	Kummerům
accusative	Kummera	Kummery
vocative	Kummere	Kummerové
locative	Kummerovi	Kummerech
instrumental	Kummerem	Kummery

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kumber (“debris, rubble, obstruction, distress, encumbrance, confiscation”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Kommer, Dutch kommer, Old Frisian kummer.

• Probably from Old French *combre (“obstruction, barrier”), combrer (“to hinder”), from Medieval Latin combrus (“barricade”), usually said to be from either Latin cumulus (“heap”) or Gaulish *komberū << Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”) << *kom- +‎ *bereti (“to bear”). Compare Middle French combre, Medieval Latin combrus, English cumber.
• Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kumbr (“burden, trouble, sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊmɐ/
• Rhymes: -ʊmɐ

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Kummer m (strong, genitive Kummers, no plural)

1. grief, sorrow

   Synonym: Leid

2. (colloquial) trouble

   Synonyms: Ärger, Problem

Declension

Declension of Kummer [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kummer
genitive	eines	des	Kummers
dative	einem	dem	Kummer
accusative	einen	den	Kummer

Related terms

• Kummerbund (related only by popular etymology)
• kümmern
• Kümmernis

See also

• Leiden n
• Sorge f
• Trauer f
• Traurigkeit f

Further reading

• “Kummer” in Duden online
• “Kummer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German kamer(e), from Old High German kamara, a borrowing from Latin camera. Compare German Kammer, Dutch kamer. Doublet of Chamber and Kamera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkumɐ]

Noun

Kummer f (plural Kummeren, diminutive Kimmerchen)

1. chamber (small or private room)
2. (most often) bedroom

   Synonym: Schlofzëmmer