Pump

See also: pump

German

Etymology

Back-formation from pumpen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʊmp]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Pump
• Rhymes: -ʊmp

Noun

Pump m (strong, genitive Pumps, no plural)

1. (colloquial, generally in the prepositional phrase auf Pump) credit, a state of operation functioning only by borrowing
2. (bodybuilding, colloquial) pump

Declension

Declension of Pump [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pump
genitive	eines	des	Pumps
dative	einem	dem	Pump
accusative	einen	den	Pump

Further reading

• “Pump” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pump” in Duden online
• “Pump” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Pump” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon