English Explanatory Dictionary

Kummer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.

Word forms

Kummer

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.

Derived words

Kummerian Kummer ring Kummer's theorem Kummer surface Kummer variety
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