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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French comment (“how”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Komment m (strong, genitive Komments, plural Komments)
- (university slang, dated) custom, decency
- Synonyms: Anstand, Brauch, Gepflogenheit, Regel, Sitte
1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 282:Sein Eingreifen würde immerhin bewirken, daß die ganze Stadt mit den Fingern auf Guste Daimchen zeigte. Kein Mann, der halbwegs Komment hatte, heiratete solch ein Mädchen noch.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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