Mund
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊnt/
- Rhymes: -ʊnt
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Etymology 1
From Old High German mund, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-. Cognate with Low German Mund, Dutch mond, English mouth, Danish mund.
Noun
Mund m (genitive Mundes or Munds, plural Münder, diminutive Mündchen n or Mündlein n)
- mouth of a person
Declension
Derived terms
- auf den Mund gefallen
- den Mund verbrennen
- Honigmund
- kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen
- Mundart
- munden
- münden
- Mundflora
- mundgerecht
- Mundgeruch
- Mundharmonika
- Mundhöhle
- mündlich
- Mundpropaganda
- Mundraub
- Mundschenk
- Mundschutz
- Mundstück
- mundtot
- Mündung
- Mundwasser
- Mundwerk
- Mundwinkel
- Schwarzmündige Bänderschnecke
- von der Hand in den Mund leben
- Weißmündige Bänderschnecke
See also
- Maul, mouth of an animal
Etymology 2
From an earlier 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.
Usage notes
- Due to conflation with the masculine noun, combined nouns based on this one are also masculine.
See also
- Vormund, mündig, entmündigen, Leumund
- Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund (originally in Mund)
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