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German
Etymology
From dialectal contrabund, from Kontrapunkt (“counterpoint”) via folk etymology.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kunterbunt (strong nominative masculine singular kunterbunter, not comparable)
- colourful, multicoloured
1911, Georg Heym, Die Gefangenen I:Sturm singt. Wind pfeift. Vor ihnen weht und irrt / Ein Haufe alter Blätter kunterbunt. / Die Wächter schließen ihren Zug. Es klirrt / An ihrem Rock das große Schlüsselbund.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of kunterbunt (uncomparable)
Further reading
- “kunterbunt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “kunterbunt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon