Mund
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German munt, from Old High German mund, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.
Cognate with Low German Mund, Dutch mond, English mouth, Danish mund.
Noun
Mund m (strong, genitive Mundes or Munds, plural Münder, diminutive Mündchen n or Mündlein n)
Declension
Derived terms
- auf den Mund gefallen
- den Mund verbrennen
- Honigmund
- kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen
- Kindermund
- Mundart
- munden
- münden
- Mundflora
- mundgerecht
- Mundgeruch
- Mundharmonika
- Mundhöhle
- mündlich
- Mundorgel
- Mundpropaganda
- Mundraub
- Mundschenk
- Mundschutz
- Mundstück
- Mundteil
- mundtot
- Mündung
- Mundvoll
- Mundwasser
- Mundwerk
- Mundwinkel
- Schwarzmündige Bänderschnecke
- Urmünder
- von der Hand in den Mund leben
- Weißmündige Bänderschnecke
See also
- Maul, mouth of an animal
Etymology 2
From an earlier Munt, from Middle High German and Old High German 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.
Noun
Mund f (genitive Mund, no plural)
- (obsolete) hand
- Solange die Frau unter seiner Mund ist, hat sie keinen Nießbrauch an ihrem Vermögen.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (obsolete) legal protection
Usage notes
- Due to conflation with the masculine noun, combined nouns based on this one are also masculine.
Declension
Derived terms
- Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund (originally in Mund)
Related terms
Further reading
- “Mund (Öffnung, Lippen, Schlund)” in Duden online
- “Mund (Gewalt, Macht)” in Duden online
- “Mund” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mund” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Mund” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Mund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Mund”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German munt, from Old High German mund, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmunt/
- Rhymes: -unt
- Syllabification: Mund
Noun
Mund m (plural Munde, diminutive Mundche)
Derived terms
- Mundfeil
Further reading
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Mund”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch