Leumund
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German liumunt, from Old High German hliumunt, from Proto-Germanic *hleumundaz (“reputation”). Cognate with Sanskrit श्रोमत (śromata, “fame, renown, glory, celebrity”). The full vowel -u- in the unstressed syllable was preserved due to popular association with unrelated Mund (“mouth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Leumund m (strong, genitive Leumundes or Leumunds, no plural)
- (literary) reputation; reports about someone; opinions about someone
- böser Leumund ― bad reputation
- Wir haben uns nach ihm erkundigt und er hatte einen guten Leumund.
- We’ve made enquiries about him and the reports were positive.
- 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 24:
- Was veranlaßte ihn, sich mit Geelmaack zu verbinden, der bitterwenig Kapital hinzubrachte, und dem niemand den besten Leumund machte?
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- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan[2], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 242:
- „Da der Herr Staatsanwalt es zum System erhebt, die Glaubwürdigkeit unserer Zeugen zu bezweifeln, sind wir bereit, den guten Leumund des Angeklagten zu beweisen durch die Aussagen der ersten Männer von Netzig. […] “
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Declension
[edit]Declension of Leumund [sg-only, masculine, strong]
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Leumund” in Duden online
- “Leumund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Leumund” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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