Kummer

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Kummer

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* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Kummer (“distress, grief”).

* Also as a German and Swiss German surname, from a derivative of the medieval personal name Kunemar, from Old High German kuoni (“bold”) + mari (“fame”).

* As a Slavic surname, Germanized from Upper Sorbian Komor, Komar, from komor (“mosquito, gnat”), see Kommer. Also sometimes Germanized from Kumer.

proper noun

A surname from German.

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"Kummer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kummer.

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@misc{kummer_2026,
  title = {Kummer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kummer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}