Kummer

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Kummer m anim (female equivalent Kummerová)

1. a male surname

From Middle High German kumber (“debris, rubble, obstruction, distress, encumbrance, confiscation”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Kommer, Dutch kommer, Old Frisian kummer.

• Probably from Old French *combre (“obstruction, barrier”), combrer (“to hinder”), from Medieval Latin combrus (“barricade”), usually said to be from either Latin cumulus (“heap”) or Gaulish *komberū << Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”) << *kom- +‎ *bereti (“to bear”).^[1][2] Compare Middle French combre, Medieval Latin combrus, English cumber.
• Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kumbr, from Proto-Germanic *kumbraz (“burden, trouble, sorrow”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊmɐ/
• Rhymes: -ʊmɐ

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Kummer m (strong, genitive Kummers, no plural)

1. grief, sorrow

   Synonym: Leid

2. (colloquial) trouble

   Synonyms: Ärger, Problem

• Kummerbund (related only by popular etymology)
• kümmern
• Kümmernis

• Leiden n
• Sorge f
• Trauer f
• Traurigkeit f

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From Old High German kamara, a borrowing from Latin camera. Compare German Kammer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumɐ/

Kummer f (plural Kummeren)

1. chamber
2. bedroom