"Kissen" meaning in German

See Kissen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪsən/ Audio: De-Kissen.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪsən Etymology: From Middle High German küssen, from Old High German kussīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kussīn (“cushion, pillow”). The form Kissen with dialectal unrounding was standardised to avoid homophony with küssen (“to kiss”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|LL.|la}}, {{inh|de|gmh|küssen}} Middle High German küssen, {{inh|de|goh|kussīn}} Old High German kussīn, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*kussīn|t=cushion, pillow}} Proto-West Germanic *kussīn (“cushion, pillow”), {{m|de||Kissen}} Kissen, {{m|de|küssen|t=to kiss}} küssen (“to kiss”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n|dim=Kisschen}} Kissen n (strong, genitive Kissens, plural Kissen, diminutive Kisschen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Kissens [genitive], Kissen [plural], Kisschen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Kissen [nominative, singular], Kissen [definite, nominative, plural], Kissens [genitive, singular], Kissen [definite, genitive, plural], Kissen [dative, singular], Kissen [dative, definite, plural], Kissen [accusative, singular], Kissen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. cushion; pillow (bag filled with soft material used to sit or rest one’s head on) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Kissen-de-noun-8NWi8x7Z Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. (by extension, in the plural) all the soft parts of a bed, i.e. mattress, duvet, and pillow collectively Tags: broadly, in-plural, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Kissen-de-noun-bHf2xq3T Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Polster [Austria], Küssen (english: occasionally until 20th c.) Derived forms: Kissenbezug, Kissenschlacht, Kopfkissen, Luftkissen, Luftkissenboot, Plüschkissen, Sofakissen

Inflected forms

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