Dudelsack

German

Etymology

Formally dudeln (“play monotone music, tootle”) +‎ Sack (“sack, bag”). While it is uncertain whether the verb dudeln as such is originally Slavic or not, its use in Dudelsack is definitely based on Czech and/or Polish dudy (“bagpipes”). The latter was also borrowed into early modern German as Dudei.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈduːdəlˌzak/
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Noun

Dudelsack m (genitive Dudelsackes, plural Dudelsäcke)

  1. bagpipes

Declension
Declension of Dudelsack
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Dudelsack die Dudelsäcke
genitive eines des Dudelsackes,
Dudelsacks		 der Dudelsäcke
dative einem dem Dudelsack,
Dudelsacke1		 den Dudelsäcken
accusative einen den Dudelsack die Dudelsäcke
1Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms
  • Sackpfeife (less common)

Derived terms
  • Dudelsackpfeifer
  • Dudelsackspieler

Further reading
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