stumpf

See also: Stumpf

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʊm(p)f/

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Adjective

stumpf (comparative stumpfer, superlative am stumpfsten)

1. dull, blunt
2. flat (as opposed to pointy)
   • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 551:

     Vor ihnen lag das Dorf mit seinen Strohdächern und dem niedrigen, stumpfen Kirchturm.

     In front of them was the village with its thatched roofs and the small, flat church steeple.

Related terms

• stumpfwinklig

Further reading

• “stumpf” in Duden online