Kummer

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proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginOld High German kuoni ← Upper Sorbian Komor →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from German.

Origin

  1. Upper SorbianKomor
  2. Old High Germankuoni“bold”
  3. EnglishKummer

* 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.

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APA

Kummer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kummer

MLA

“Kummer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kummer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kummer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kummer.

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