Kummer

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Etymology

* 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.

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Kummer ringKummer surfaceKummer varietyKummer's theorem

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