zum

See also: žum

Translingual

Symbol

zum

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kumzari.

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Kumzari terms

German

Etymology

A contraction of zu + dem or zu + einem. Compare Dutch ten.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tsuːm/, /tsʊm/
Audio: (file)
Audio: (file)

Contraction

zum (+ optional adjective(s) ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

contraction of zu dem (“to the; for the”)
contraction of zu einem (“to a; for a”)

Hunsrik

Etymology

Compare German zum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡suːm/
Rhymes: -uːm
Syllabification: zum

Contraction

zum

contraction of zu dem (“to the”)

Further reading

Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “zum”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 182

Indonesian

Etymology

From English zoom.

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈzum/ [ˈzum]
Rhymes: -um
Syllabification: zum

Verb

zum

to zoom
Synonyms: perbesar, keker

Further reading

“zum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tsʊm/
Audio: (file)

Contraction

zum (+ optional adjective(s) ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

to or for the (contraction of zu + dem)
to or for a (contraction of zu + einem)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzũ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzũ/

Interjection

zum

(onomatopoeia) the sound of something rushing by

Noun

zum m (plural zuns)

rare spelling of zoom

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

zum

zoom; a humming sound made by an insect's flight

Spanish

Noun

zum m (plural zums)

rare spelling of zoom

Further reading

“zum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Sundanese

Noun

zum

zoom

Yola

Determiner

zum

alternative form of zim
- 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
  Fad didn'st thou cum t' ouz on zum other dey?
  [Why didn't you come to us on some other day?]

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 131