dumm
See also: Dumm
German
Etymology
From Middle High German tump, from Old High German tumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German dumb, dumm, from Old Saxon dumb). The rare literary variant tumb is a poetic archaism directly borrowed from Middle High German; the expected form of this source is early modern German tumm (now obsolete).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dumm (comparative dümmer, superlative am dümmsten)
Declension
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Further reading
- “dumm” in Duden online
German Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Saxon dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare German dumm and tumb, Dutch dom, English dumb, West Frisian dom, Danish dum.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dumm (comparative dümmer, superlative dümmst)
Declension
Positive forms of dumm
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is dumm | se is dumm | dat is dumm | se sünd dumm | |
partitive | een dumms | een dumms | wat dumms | allens dumm | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dumme | dumme | dumm | dumme |
oblique | dummen | dumme | dumm | dumme | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de dumme | de dumme | dat dumme | de dummen |
oblique | den dummen | de dumme | dat dumme | de dummen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en dumme/dummen | en dumme | en dumm/dummet | (keen) dummen |
oblique | en dummen | en dumme | en dumm/dummet | (keen) dummen |
Comparative forms of dumm
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is dümmer | se is dümmer | dat is dümmer | se sünd dümmer | |
partitive | een dümmers | een dümmers | wat dümmers | allens dümmer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dümmere | dümmere | dümmer | dümmere |
oblique | dümmern | dümmere | dümmer | dümmere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de dümmere | de dümmere | dat dümmere | de dümmern |
oblique | den dümmern | de dümmere | dat dümmere | de dümmern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en dümmere/dümmeren | en dümmere | en dümmer | (keen) dümmern |
oblique | en dümmern | en dümmere | en dümmer | (keen) dümmern |
Superlative forms of dumm
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is de Dümmste | se is de Dümmste | dat is dat Dümmste | se sünd de Dümmsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dümmste | dümmste | dümmst | dümmste |
oblique | dümmsten | dümmste | dümmst | dümmste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de dümmste | de dümmste | dat dümmste | de dümmsten |
oblique | den dümmsten | de dümmste | dat dümmste | de dümmsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en dümmste/dümmsten | en dümmste | en dümmst | (keen) dümmsten |
oblique | en dümmsten | en dümmste | en dümmst | (keen) dümmsten |
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
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