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German
- Küssen (occasionally until 20th c.)
Etymology
From Middle High German küssen, from Old High German kussīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kussīn (“cushion, pillow”). The form Kissen with dialectal unrounding was standardised to avoid homophony with küssen (“to kiss”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Kissen n (strong, genitive Kissens, plural Kissen, diminutive Kisschen n)
- cushion; pillow (bag filled with soft material used to sit or rest one’s head on)
- (by extension, in the plural) all the soft parts of a bed, i.e. mattress, duvet, and pillow collectively
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Further reading
- “Kissen” in Duden online
- “Kissen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache