Kolben

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German

Alternative forms

  • Kolbe (archaic in the written standard)

Etymology

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”). Cognate with Dutch kolf, whence probably English golf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔlbən/, ,
  • Hyphenation: Kol‧ben
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Noun

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

Declension of Kolben
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

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References

  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

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