Kolben

Meaning

(archaic,masculine,strong) club, beetle
(masculine,strong) butt of a rifle
(masculine,strong) piston
(masculine,strong) spadix
(masculine,strong) spike (of Typha)
(masculine,strong) flask

Frequency

Hyphenated as

Kol‧ben

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɔlbən/

Etymology

From Middle High German kolbe (“club”), from Old High German kolbo, cholpo, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, extension of Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kolf, whence probably English golf.