Mohn

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English

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Etymology

From the German surname:

  • from the noun Mohn (poppy),
  • also from the old personal name Monrad, composed of the elements *mundiz (thought, mind, spirit) and *rēdaz (counsel),
  • also a variant of Moehn, from Möhn near Trier.

Proper noun

Mohn (plural Mohns)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Mohn is the 10298th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3129 individuals. Mohn is most common among White (92.75%) individuals.

Further reading

German

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Etymology

With widespread dialectal -ā--ō- (as also in ohne and wo) from obsolete Mahn, from Middle High German māhe, māhen (Central German also already mān), from Old High German māho, from Proto-West Germanic *māhō, from Proto-Germanic *mēhô. Compare the variant Old High German mago.

Cognate with Danish valmue, Swedish vallmo, Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn) (Doric μάκων (mákōn)) and Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ) (Bulgarian мак (mak), Russian мак (mak), Serbo-Croatian мак, Czech mák).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

Mohn m (strong, genitive Mohnes or Mohns, plural Mohne)

  1. poppy (Papaver)
  2. (collective) poppyseeds

Usage notes

This noun is mostly used in the singular and as the first element of a compound. To talk about more than one poppy, the derived forms Mohnblumen (poppy flowers) and Mohnpflanzen (poppy plants) are more common. Because this word is also a collective, the singular refers to poppy seeds as a mass noun.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: moon

Further reading

  • Mohn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Mohn” in Duden online