Sumpf

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Cognate with English swamp and sump.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zʊm(p)f/, [zʊmpf], [zʊmf] (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /sʊmpf/ (Austria)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sumpf

Noun

Sumpf m (strong, genitive Sumpfes, plural Sümpfe)

  1. swamp, marsh
  2. sump

Declension

Declension of Sumpf [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sumpf die Sümpfe
genitive eines des Sumpfes der Sümpfe
dative einem dem Sumpf, Sumpfe1 den Sümpfen
accusative einen den Sumpf die Sümpfe

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hungarian: zsombék
  • → Swedish: sump

Further reading

  • “Sumpf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Sumpf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Sumpf” in Duden online
  • Sumpf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.