Dudelsack

== German == === Etymology === Formally dudeln (“play monotone music, tootle”) +‎ Sack (“sack, bag”). While it is uncertain whether the verb dudeln as such is originally Slavic or not, its use in Dudelsack is definitely based on Czech and/or Polish dudy (“bagpipes”). The latter was also borrowed into early modern German as Dudei. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈduːdəlˌzak/ === Noun === Dudelsack m (strong, genitive Dudelsackes or Dudelsacks, plural Dudelsäcke) bagpipes Synonym: (less common) Sackpfeife ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Dudelsackpfeifer Dudelsackspieler === Further reading === “Dudelsack” in Duden online “Dudelsack”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)