Use of Duda in speaking

I have begun learning Polish and plan to take it at my University, but I was wondering in what ways is my last name Duda used by modern speakers in Poland?

I'm aware that it comes from Dudy meaning bagpipes, but I'm not sure if is used anymore

Curiously, the German word for bagpipes is "DUDELSACK", but I doubt there's any relation:-) Your family name is common in Poland, I should think, also Dudek I've come across as well.

Again. Nobody cares about German on this forum. This thread is about a word usage within Polish language not German. Jeez.

Duda means bagpipe and that is probably the only usage of that word.

Gosh Notty could you be any more ignorant. One of the very interesting aspects of languages is how they are connected and relate to each other. For example I once heard somebody speaking Macedonian and recognised some Polish words in there. Lyzko's example is very interesting. There are German borrowings used in the Polish language. Educate yourself with this lovely scholarly article on German loan words in Polish:

ejournals.eu/SPL/2015/Issue-3/art/6441

Three cheers, Atch!

Dudelsack is actually derived from Polish. :D

Duda is mostly used as a surname nowadays. The instrument is referred to as dudy.

There's an old Polish canon about a duda who had got dudy from another duda (forgive the stupid video, just listen to the song)

youtu.be/miv8ZhXRXpI

Cinek

Where did you get that from?


No surprise in it as Macedonian is a (southern) Slavic language. What were those words?

en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dudelsack

@Ziemowit