Lumpen

See also: lumpen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lumpe. Lump (“cad”) is originally the same word. Compare German Lappen (“cloth, rag”) as well as the now obsolete verbs lampen (“to hang limply”), lumpen (“to hang limply, to limp”) and English limp, all probably from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide, go, suit”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Compare Sanskrit लम्बते (lambate, “hangs down”) and लम्ब (lamba, “a perpendicular”), as well as Latin limbus (“edge, border”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊmpən/, [ˈlʊmpən], [ˈlʊmpm̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Lum‧pen

Noun

Lumpen m (strong, genitive Lumpens, plural Lumpen)

  1. rag, tatter, shred

Declension

Declension of Lumpen [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Lumpen die Lumpen
genitive eines des Lumpens der Lumpen
dative einem dem Lumpen den Lumpen
accusative einen den Lumpen die Lumpen

Derived terms

Noun

Lumpen

  1. (strong or weak) all-case plural of Lump
  2. (weak only) genitive/dative/accusative singular of Lump

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Lumpen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Lumpen” in Duden online
  • “Lumpen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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