• Küssen (occasionally until 20th c.)

From Middle High German küssen, from Old High German kussīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kussīn (“cushion, pillow”). The form Kissen with dialectal unrounding was standardised to avoid homophony with küssen (“to kiss”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪsən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsən

Kissen n (strong, genitive Kissens, plural Kissen, diminutive Kisschen n)

1. cushion; pillow (bag filled with soft material used to sit or rest one’s head on)
2. (by extension, in the plural) all the soft parts of a bed, i.e. mattress, duvet, and pillow collectively

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• “Kissen” in Duden online
• “Kissen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache