Mohn

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) poppy (Papaver)
2. (collective,masculine,strong) poppyseeds

Concepts

poppy

poppy seed

Papaver

poppyseed

papaver

Flanders poppy

corn poppy

corn rose

field poppy

red poppy

red weed

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/moːn/

Etymology

With widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- (as also in ohne and wo) from obsolete Mahn, from Middle High German māhe, māhen (Central German also already mān), from Old High German māho, from Proto-West Germanic *māhō, from Proto-Germanic *mēhô. Compare the variant Old High German mago.
Cognate with Danish valmue, Swedish vallmo, Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn) (Doric μάκων (mákōn)) and Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ) (Bulgarian мак (mak), Russian мак (mak), Serbo-Croatian мак, Czech mák).

Sentences

Mohn und Muskat sind sowohl in harmlosen Lebensmitteln , als auch in Drogen enthalten .

Poppy and nutmeg are found in both harmless foods and drugs.