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Kolben

See also: kolben

German edit

Alternative forms edit

  • Kolbe (archaic in the written standard)

Etymology edit

From Middle High German kolbe (“club”), from Old High German kolbo, cholpo, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, extension of Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).[1] Cognate with Dutch kolf, whence probably English golf.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔlbən/, [ˈkɔlbn̩], [ˈkɔlbm̩]
  • Hyphenation: Kol‧ben
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Noun edit

Kolben m (strong, genitive Kolbens, plural Kolben, diminutive Kölbchen n)

  1. (archaic in the literal sense, but understood as a shape) club, beetle
    Synonyms: Keule, Knüttel
  2. (weaponry) butt of a rifle
  3. (mechanics) piston
  4. (botany) spadix
    Synonym: Spadix
  5. (botany) spike (of Typha)
  6. (sciences) flask

Declension edit

Declension of Kolben [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kolben die Kolben
genitive eines des Kolbens der Kolben
dative einem dem Kolben den Kolben
accusative einen den Kolben die Kolben

Hyponyms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kulba(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309

Further reading edit

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