Dudelsack

German

Etymology

Formally dudeln (“play monotone music, tootle”) +‎ Sack (“sack, bag”). While it is uncertain whether the verb dudeln as such is originally Slavic or not, its use in Dudelsack is definitely based on Czech and/or Polish dudy (“bagpipes”). The latter was also borrowed into early modern German as Dudei.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈduːdəlˌzak/
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Noun

Dudelsack m (genitive Dudelsackes, plural Dudelsäcke)

bagpipes

Declension

Declension of Dudelsack

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dudelsack	die	Dudelsäcke
genitive	eines	des	Dudelsackes, Dudelsacks	der	Dudelsäcke
dative	einem	dem	Dudelsack, Dudelsacke¹	den	Dudelsäcken
accusative	einen	den	Dudelsack	die	Dudelsäcke

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

Sackpfeife (less common)

Derived terms

Dudelsackpfeifer
Dudelsackspieler