Neuter
Kissen
Meaning
- (neuter,strong) cushion; pillow (bag filled with soft material used to sit or rest one’s head on)
- (broadly,in-plural,neuter,strong) all the soft parts of a bed, i.e. mattress, duvet, and pillow collectively
Concepts
Synonyms
Sofakissen
überschlafen
japanisches Sitzkissen
Polsterrung
Ruhekissen
Hauptstütze
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
kissi
Basel-Landschaft
schalldämpfer
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɪsən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German küssen, from Old High German kussīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kussīn (“cushion, pillow”). The form Kissen with dialectal unrounding was standardised to avoid homophony with küssen (“to kiss”).
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