Masculine
Kummer
Meaning
- (masculine,no-plural,strong) grief, sorrow
- (colloquial,masculine,no-plural,strong) trouble
Concepts
mental agony
Synonyms
Kümmernis
gebrochenes Herz
Herzensschmerz
Seelenqual
innerer Kampf
tiefe Betrübnis
Seelenschmerz
tiefe Trauer
Herzleid
Herzbrechen
Mittellosigkeit
Schwerfälligkeit
Seelenpein
sorgenvoll
Frequency
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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