Accum
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Accum n (proper noun, genitive Accums or (optionally with an article) Accum)
- A quarter of Schortens, East Frisia, Germany
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Etymology 2[edit]
Coined in 1755 by Markus Herz, father of Friedrich Accum, as his new surname when he converted from Judaism to Christianity. From Hebrew עכו״ם (“heathen, non-Jew”). Spelling influence by, or even a pun on, the placenames under etymology 1 is possible as the family was from northwestern Germany (though not from the immediate neighbourhood of East Frisia).
Proper noun[edit]
Accum m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Accums or (with an article) Accum, plural Accums or Accum)
- a rare surname from Hebrew
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