Humpen

Meaning

tankard (massy container, usually for beer)

Concepts

tankard

mug

Beer stein

beer stein

Synonyms

Seidel

Maß

Bierkrug

Bierseidel

Maurerbrause

Hopfentee

Hopfen und Malz

Gerstensaft

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Maßkrug

Bölkstoff

Krawallbrause

Flüssigbrot

Gerstenkaltgetränk

Gerstenkaltschale

kühles Blondes

Bier

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Ballerbrühe

Schoppen

Bierchen

Translations

ποτήρι μπίρα

broc

chope

Chope

orcia

Boccale

Bierpul

Chope

jarra

jarro con tapa

Humpen

bock

büyük bira bardağı

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

meiel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʊmpən/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: homp

Cognate with English: hump

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κύμβη

Cognate with Middle Irish: comm

In summary

16th century, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German hump (“heap, lump”), Dutch homp (“chunk, gobbet”), English hump, all possibly from a Proto-West Germanic *hump. Within High German it was originally restricted to the colonial dialects (i.e. East Central German), which might suggest a borrowing from the Middle Low German form (though the -mp- is regular). As none of the Germanic words is attested before 1550, any further derivation must remain tentative; but one compares Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē), Middle Irish comm.