Kummerspeck

== German == === Etymology === From Kummer (“grief, sorrow”) +‎ Speck (“layer of fat, bacon, adipose”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʊmɐˌʃpɛk/ Hyphenation: Kum‧mer‧speck === Noun === Kummerspeck m (strong, genitive Kummerspecks or Kummerspeckes, no plural) (uncountable) excess weight or body fat gained due to emotional overeating 2013, Sylvia Giesecke, Mord und andere Scherereien, neobooks (publ.). ==== Declension ==== === See also === Appendix:Terms considered difficult or impossible to translate into English comfort eating === Further reading === “Kummerspeck” in Duden online “Kummerspeck”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)