Kummerbund

See also: kummerbund

German

Etymology

From English cummerbund, from Hindi कमरबन्द (kamarband), from Persian کمربند‎ (kamarband), derived from کمر‎ (kamar, “waist”) + بند‎ (band, “band”).

The English -u- (instead of more etymological -a-) is a pronunciation spelling representing Hindi [ɐ]. In German, in turn, this -u- was given a spelling pronunciation, leading to [ʊ] as well as a remotivation as Kummer (“sorrow”) + Bund (“waistband”). German Bund is indeed related with Persian بند‎ (band) through Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊmərˌbʊnt/, [ˈkʊmɐˌbʊnt]
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Noun

Kummerbund m (genitive Kummerbunds or Kummerbundes, plural Kummerbunde)

  1. cummerbund

Declension
Declension of Kummerbund
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kummerbund die Kummerbunde
genitive eines des Kummerbundes,
Kummerbunds		 der Kummerbunde
dative einem dem Kummerbund,
Kummerbunde1		 den Kummerbunden
accusative einen den Kummerbund die Kummerbunde
1Now uncommon, see notes

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