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Kumpe
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German
Etymology
de :af Kumpan -e<id:personal noun suffix>
From de Kumpan -e<id:personal noun suffix>, with retraction of the accent to the first syllable.
Noun
m.weak
de obsolete de Kumpel
de 1595 w:de:Froschmeuseler 4 Georg Rollenhagen Magdeburg https://www.google.de/books/edition/Froschmevseler/dTY6AAAAcAAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PP353 Und das nicht allerley Sciumpen / Zu sich erwehlen jhre Kumpen And that all manner of cheats / Would not select around themselves their friends "Sciumpen" is obscure and likely a typo, the translation is assuming "Schumpen"
de 1883 1749 1 Tom Jones oder die Geschichte eines Findelkindes 4 Henry Fielding J.J.Ch. Bode W. Spemann Magdeburg http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Fielding,+Henry/Roman/Tom+Jones.+Die+Geschichte+eines+Findlings/Siebentes+Buch+%5B2%5D/Sechstes+Kapitel Drauf los, drauf los! Geh' ihr nicht von der Ferse, sag' ich dir. Da steckt's! sag' ich dir, wackrer Kumpe. Onwards, onwards! Stick close to my heel, I tell you. There it is!, I tell you, brave fellow. https://web.archive.org/web/20261020165800/http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Fielding,+Henry/Roman/Tom+Jones.+Die+Geschichte+eines+Findlings/Siebentes+Buch+%5B2%5D/Sechstes+Kapitel 20 October 2026
Declension
m.weak
Derived terms
de Kumpel
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