Kolben

See also: 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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Kolben m (strong, genitive Kolbens, plural Kolben, diminutive Kölbchen n)

1. (archaic in the literal sense, but understood as a shape) club, beetle

   Synonyms: Keule, Knüttel

2. (weaponry) butt of a rifle
3. (mechanics) piston
4. (botany) spadix

   Synonym: Spadix

5. (botany) spike (of Typha)
6. (sciences) flask

Declension

Declension of Kolben [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kolben	die	Kolben
genitive	eines	des	Kolbens	der	Kolben
dative	einem	dem	Kolben	den	Kolben
accusative	einen	den	Kolben	die	Kolben

Hyponyms

• (spadix): Maiskolben
• (spike): Rohrkolben
• (flask): Auffangkolben, Birnenkolben, Destillierkolben, Erlenmeyerkolben, Kjeldahl-Kolben, Maßkolben, Mehrhalskolben, Messkolben, Rundkolben, Spitzkolben, Stehkolben, Verdampferkolben
• Riechkolben

Related terms

• Kolbenmaschine, Kolbenring, Kolbenstange
• Golf

Further reading

• “Kolben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “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