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kummer

/kˈʌmɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
kum-mer
IPA
/kˈʌmɚ/
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Kummer (“distress, grief”). * Also as a German and Swiss German surname, from a derivative of the medieval personal name Kunemar, from Old High German kuoni (“bold”) + mari (“fame”). * As a Slavic surname, Germanized from Upper Sorbian Komor, Komar, from komor (“mosquito, gnat”), see Kommer. Also sometimes Germanized from Kumer.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, kuoni, Komor

Derived Forms

Kummerian

Phrases

Kummer ring Kummer's theorem Kummer surface Kummer variety

Rhymes With

summer drummer plumber bummer dumber midsummer comer plummer hummer sommer somer dummer

Questions

How do you pronounce kummer?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈʌmɚ/.
What does kummer mean?
A surname from German.
Where does kummer come from?
It is traced to German.

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