Hängematte

German de: Etymology Alteration of de Hamach, de Hamaco, which is borrowed, probably via earlier de nl hamak, from de es hamaca, from de tnq *hamaka. See en hammock for more. The Spanish form was reinterpreted as “hang-matt” by popular etymology both in German and in Dutch (see nl hangmat, also attested as nl hangmak). The modern German word is thus analysable as a compound of de hängen Matte. Such an adapted form is attested in German earlier than in Dutch, but the origin could be in either language. The formal argument (Dutch nl hangmat being closer to nl hamak, es hamaca than German Hängematte) should not be overestimated since Hängematte is expectably a secondary adaptation of a dialectal intermediate form (in order to accord with the words and morphology of standard German). Pronunciation de /ˈhɛŋəˌmatə/ de De-Hängematte.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f hammock Declension f Further reading