Akkordeon

See also: akkordeon

German

Alternative forms
  • Akkordion (obsolete, rare)
  • Accordion (obsolete)

Etymology

Coined and patented in May 1829 by Cyrill Demian as Accordion = Accord +‎ -ion. The word then first became Akkordion in the 20th century, then Akkordeon under influence from French accordéon which in turn was influenced to be more similar to orphéon.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈkɔʁdeɔn/
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Noun

Akkordeon n (strong, genitive Akkordeons, plural Akkordeons)

  1. accordion

Declension
Declension of Akkordeon [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Akkordeon die Akkordeons
genitive eines des Akkordeons der Akkordeons
dative einem dem Akkordeon den Akkordeons
accusative ein das Akkordeon die Akkordeons

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → French: accordéon
    • → Danish: akkordeon
    • → Norman: accordéon
    • → Polish: akordeon
    • → Portuguese: acordeão
    • → Russian: аккордео́н (akkordeón) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Turkish: acordeyon, akordiyon

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Akkordeon”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “Akkordeon” in Duden online
  • “Akkordeon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Noun

Akkordeon m (plural Akkordeonen)

  1. accordion
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