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Mohn
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English
+ (surname)
Etymology
From the en de - surname:
from the noun de Mohn poppy,
also from the old personal name en Monrad, composed of the elements gem-pro *mundiz thought, mind, spirit and gem-pro *rēdaz counsel,
also a variant of en Moehn, from de Möhn near Trier.
Proper noun
s
en German.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Mohn is the 10298th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3129 individuals. Mohn is most common among White (92.75%) individuals.
Further reading
German
de:
Etymology
With widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- (as also in de ohne and de wo) from obsolete de Mahn, from de gmh māhe, gmh māhen (Central German also already gmh mān), from de goh māho, from de gmw-pro *māhō, from de gem-pro *mēhô. Compare the variant goh mago.
Cognate with da valmue, sv vallmo, grc μήκων (Doric grc μάκων) and cu макъ (bg мак, ru мак, sh мак, cs mák).
Pronunciation
de /moːn/
de De-Mohn.ogg
de De-Mohn2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de oːn 1
Noun
m,(e)s
poppy (Papaver genus)
de collective poppy seeds
Usage notes
This noun is mostly used in the singular and as the first element of a compound. To talk about more than one poppy, the derived forms de Mohnblumen poppy flowers and de Mohnpflanzen poppy plants are more common. Because this word is also a collective, the singular refers to poppy seeds as a mass noun.
Declension
m,(e)s
Derived terms
de mohnartig mohnfarben Feldmohn Klatschmohn Schlafmohn Mohnblume Mohnblüte Mohnfeld Mohnbrötchen Mohnhörnchen Mohnkapsel Mohnkipferl Mohnklöße Mohnkorn Mohnkuchen mohnrot Mohnsamen Mohnstollen Mohnstriezel Mohnstrietzel Mohnstrudel Mohnzopf
Descendants
et moon 1
Further reading
de Ranunculales order plants