Dumme

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Dumm (Ripuarian variant), Duume, Duum, Domme, Domm (all rare)
• Daume, Daum (Moselle Franconian)

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