Humpen

• Humpe f (obsolete)

16th century, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German hump (“heap, lump”), Dutch homp (“chunk, gobbet”), English hump, all possibly from a Proto-West Germanic *hump. Within High German it was originally restricted to the colonial dialects (i.e. East Central German), which might suggest a borrowing from the Middle Low German form (though the -mp- is regular). As none of the Germanic words is attested before 1550, any further derivation must remain tentative; but one compares Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē), Middle Irish comm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊmpən/, [ˈhʊm.pən], [ˈhʊm.pm̩]

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Humpen m (strong, genitive Humpens, plural Humpen)

1. tankard (massy container, usually for beer)

• Bierhumpen

• “Humpen” in Duden online