"Kummer" meaning in English

See Kummer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|gsw|-}} Alemannic German, {{der|en|goh|kuoni|t=bold}} Old High German kuoni (“bold”), {{der|en|sla|-}} Slavic, {{der|en|hsb|Komor}} Upper Sorbian Komor Head templates: {{en-prop}} Kummer
  1. A surname from German. Derived forms: Kummerian, Kummer ring, Kummer's theorem, Kummer surface, Kummer variety
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