Mund

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See also: mund and mund'

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʊnt
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German munt, from Old High German mund, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Cognate with Low German Mund, Dutch mond, English mouth, Danish mund.

Noun

Mund m (strong, genitive Mundes or Munds, plural Münder, diminutive Mündchen n or Mündlein n)

  2. mouth of a person
Declension
Declension of Mund
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Mund die Münder
genitive eines des Mundes, Munds der Münder
dative einem dem Mund, Munde1 den Mündern
accusative einen den Mund die Münder

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms
See also
  • Maul, mouth of an animal

Etymology 2

From an earlier Munt, from Middle High German and Old High German munt, from Proto-Germanic *mundō.

The retention of /d/ in the combination /nd/ is a signature of northern High German dialects and only becomes widespread after a period in the Middle Ages where the southern reflex /nt/ is favoured in southern writings.

Noun

Mund f (genitive Mund, plural Munde)

  2. (obsolete) hand
  3. (obsolete) legal protection
Usage notes
  • Due to conflation with the masculine noun, combined nouns based on this one are also masculine.
See also

Further reading

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German munt, from Old High German mund, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

Noun

Mund m (plural Munde, diminutive Mundche)

  1. mouth

Derived terms

Further reading

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