Masculine

Kummer

Meaning

  1. (masculine, no-plural, strong) grief, sorrow
  2. (colloquial, masculine, no-plural, strong) trouble

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʊmɐ/
Etymology

In summary

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, from Proto-Germanic *kumbraz (“burden, trouble, sorrow”).

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