Mund

See also: mund and mund'

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʊnt/
Rhymes: -ʊnt
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Etymology 1

From Old High German mund, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-. Cognate with Low German Mund, Dutch mond, English mouth, Danish mund.

Noun

Mund m (genitive Mundes or Munds, plural Münder)

mouth of a person

Declension

Declension of Mund

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mund	die	Münder
genitive	eines	des	Mundes, Munds	der	Münder
dative	einem	dem	Mund, Munde¹	den	Mündern
accusative	einen	den	Mund	die	Münder

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Terms derived from Mund

auf den Mund gefallen
den Mund verbrennen
Honigmund
kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen
Mundart
munden
münden
Mundflora
mundgerecht

Mundgeruch
Mundharmonika
Mundhöhle
mündlich
Mundpropaganda
Mundraub
Mundschenk
Mundschutz
Mundstück

mundtot
Mündung
Mundwasser
Mundwerk
Mundwinkel
Schwarzmündige Bänderschnecke
von der Hand in den Mund leben
Weißmündige Bänderschnecke

Etymology 2

From an earlier Munt, from Proto-Germanic *mundō. The retention of /d/ in the combination /nd/ is a signature of northern High German dialects and only becomes widespread after a period in the Middle Ages where the southern reflex /nt/ is favoured in southern writings.

Noun

Mund f (genitive Mund, plural Munde)

(obsolete) hand
(obsolete) legal protection

Usage notes

Due to conflation with the masculine noun, combined nouns based on this one are also masculine.