Mohn

Meaning

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

Concepts

poppy

poppy seed

corn poppy

field poppy

Papaver

poppyseed

Flanders poppy

corn rose

papaver

red weed

red poppy

Synonyms

Klatschmohn

Schlafmohn

Kamelie

Mohnblume

Klatschrose

Mohnsaat

Translations

pavot

papavero

amapola

papaver

papoula

papaver

adormidera

coquelicot

klaproos

gelincik

rosella

dormideira

παπαρούνα

papoila

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

koornroose

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/moːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: māhe

Inherited from Old High German: māho

Cognate with Old High German: mago

Cognate with Danish: valmue

Cognate with Swedish: vallmo

Cognate with Ancient Greek: μήκων

Cognate with Church Slavic: макъ

Cognate with Bulgarian: мак

Cognate with Russian: мак

Cognate with Serbo-Croatian: мак

Cognate with Czech: mák

In summary

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).