Mohn

German

Etymology

With widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- (as also in ohne and wo) from obsolete Mahn, from Middle High German māhe, māhen (Central German also already mān), from Old High German māho, from Proto-Germanic *mēhô. Compare the variant Old High German mago.

Cognate with Danish valmue, Swedish vallmo, Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn) (Doric μάκων (mákōn)) and Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ) (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian мак, Czech mák).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːn/

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• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

Mohn m (genitive Mohnes, plural Mohne)

1. poppy (Papaver)

Derived terms

• mohnartig, mohnfarben

Related terms

• Feldmohn
• Klatschmohn
• Mohnblume
• Mohnblüte
• Mohnbrötchen
• Mohnfeld
• Mohnhörnchen
• Mohnkapsel
• Mohnkipferl
• Mohnklöße
• Mohnkorn
• Mohnkuchen
• mohnrot
• Mohnsamen
• Mohnstollen
• Mohnstrietzel
• Mohnstriezel
• Mohnstrudel
• Mohnzopf
• Schlafmohn

 

Further reading

• “Mohn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mohn” in Duden online