Mohn

German

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-Germanic *mēhô. Compare the variant Old High German mago.

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

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

Noun

Mohn m (genitive Mohns or Mohnes, plural Mohne)

  1. poppy (Papaver)

Declension
Declension of Mohn
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Mohn die Mohne
genitive eines des Mohnes,
Mohns		 der Mohne
dative einem dem Mohn,
Mohne1		 den Mohnen
accusative einen den Mohn die Mohne
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms
  • Mohnblume
  • Mohnbrötchen
  • Mohnhörnchen
  • Mohnkipferl
  • Mohnklöße
  • Mohnkorn
  • Mohnkuchen
  • mohnrot
  • Mohnsamen
  • Mohnstollen
  • Mohnstriezel (Mohnstrietzel)
  • Mohnstrudel
  • Mohnzopf
  • Schlafmohn

Further reading
  • Mohn in Duden online
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