Kolben

== German == === Alternative forms === Kolbe (archaic in the written standard) === Etymology === From Middle High German kolbe (“club”), from Old High German kolbo, cholpo, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, extension of Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kolf, whence probably English golf. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔlbən/, [ˈkɔlbn̩], [ˈkɔlbm̩] Hyphenation: Kol‧ben === Noun === Kolben m (strong, genitive Kolbens, plural Kolben, diminutive Kölbchen n) (archaic in the literal sense, but understood as a shape) club, beetle Synonyms: Keule, Knüttel (weaponry) butt of a rifle (mechanics) piston (botany) spadix Synonym: Spadix (botany) spike (of Typha) (sciences) flask ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== (spadix): Maiskolben (spike): Rohrkolben (butt): Gewehrkolben, Schnellfeuerkolben (flask): Auffangkolben, Birnenkolben, Destillierkolben, Erlenmeyerkolben, Kjeldahl-Kolben, Maßkolben, Mehrhalskolben, Messkolben, Rundkolben, Spitzkolben, Stehkolben, Verdampferkolben Riechkolben ==== Related terms ==== Kolbenfresser, Kolbenmaschine, Kolbenring, Kolbenstange Golf === References === === Further reading === “Kolben”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Kolben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Kolben” in Duden online “Kolben” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “kolbe” in Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1986–. Kolben on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de