sump

See also: Sump

English

Alternative forms

• sumph (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌmp/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun

sump (plural sumps)

1. A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
2. The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
3. A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
4. (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
5. (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
6. (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.

Derived terms

• dry sump
• sump oil
• sump pit
• sump pump
• sump tank
• wet sump

 

Translations

hollow or pit

• Bulgarian: канал (bg) m (kanal)
• Finnish: kaivo (fi), vesikuoppa (fi)
• French: bassin (fr) m
• German: Sumpf (de) m, Grube (de) f

lowest part of a mineshaft

• Bulgarian: водосборна яма f (vodosborna jama)
• German: Schachtsumpf m
• Polish: rząp m
• Russian: зумпф (ru) m (zumpf)

completely flooded cave passage

• French: siphon (fr) m
• Polish: syfon (pl) m

crankcase

• Bulgarian: картер m (karter)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: öljysäiliö (fi), öljysumppu
• French: carter d’huile m, carter humide m
• German: Ölsumpf m
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• Portuguese: cárter (pt) m
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• Serbo-Croatian: karter ulja m
• Spanish: cárter m

(nautical) pit at the lowest point

• French: puisard (fr) m

(construction) intentional depression

• French: puisard (fr) m

Verb

sump (third-person singular simple present sumps, present participle sumping, simple past and past participle sumped)

1. (intransitive) Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.

   We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.

   This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.

Translations

to end in a sump

• Finnish: olla täynnä vettä (to end in a sump); täyttyä vedellä (to fill completely with water)
• German: sumpfen (de)

Anagrams

• umps

Danish

Noun

sump

1. swamp

Declension

Declension of sump

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sump	sumpen	sumpe	sumpene
genitive	sumps	sumpens	sumpes	sumpenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf.

Noun

sump m (definite singular sumpen, indefinite plural sumper, definite plural sumpene)

1. a swamp (type of wetland)

Derived terms

• sumpskilpadde

References

• “sump” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf.

Noun

sump m (definite singular sumpen, indefinite plural sumpar, definite plural sumpane)

1. a swamp (type of wetland)

References

• “sump” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf. Probably a doublet of sopp and svamp.

Noun

sump c

1. (fishing, containers) a corf, a container for keeping live fish
2. (geography) marshy ground
3. Short for kaffesump (“coffee grounds”).

Declension

Declension of sump
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sump	sumpen	sumpar	sumparna
Genitive	sumps	sumpens	sumpars	sumparnas

Derived terms

• sumprunkare (“corf-rocker; an occupation”)
• sumpmark (“marsh”)

Descendants

• → Finnish: sumppu

References

• sump in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sump in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sump in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• sump in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)