Dumme

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German dūme. For the shortened vowel before /m/ compare Prumm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdumə/

Verb

Dumme m (plural Dumme, diminutive Dümmche)

  1. (most of Ripuarian) thumb
    • 1981, “Jupp”‎[1]performed by BAP:
      Un üvverhaup die dausend Fraue, die e kannt.
      Un die Messerstecherei, sick dä dä Dumme fählt an singer räächte Hand.
      And in any case, those thousand women that he knew.
      And that knifing since which the thumb is missing from his right hand.

German

Noun

Dumme f (genitive Dumme, plural Dummen)

  1. female equivalent of Dummer

Declension

Declension of Dumme [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Dumme die Dummen
genitive einer der Dumme der Dummen
dative einer der Dumme den Dummen
accusative eine die Dumme die Dummen

Noun

Dumme

  1. inflection of Dummer:
    1. strong nominative/accusative plural
    2. weak nominative singular
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