mohn

M3O1H4N1
/mʊn/

noun

A sweet pastry filling made of poppy seed paste, especially used in Central or Eastern European baked goods such as hamantaschen.

OriginGerman Mohn ← Yiddish מאָן →
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Meanings

mohn1

nounmohn (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA sweet pastry filling made of poppy seed paste, especially used in Central or Eastern European baked goods such as hamantaschen.

Mohn2

proper nounMohn (plural Mohns)

plural Mohns

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

mohn · noun

  1. Yiddishמאָן
  2. GermanMohn
  3. Englishmohn

Borrowed from German Mohn or Yiddish מאָן (mon).

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Mohn · proper noun

From the German surname: * from the noun Mohn (“poppy”), * also from the old personal name Monrad, composed of the elements *mundiz (“thought, mind, spirit”) and *rēdaz (“counsel”), * also a variant of Moehn, from Möhn near Trier.

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Chicago

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