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tumb
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English
Etymology
From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn round”). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), Icelandic tumba (“to tumble”). See tumble.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌm
Verb
tumb (third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed)
- (intransitive, archaic) To tumble; jump; dance.
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German
Etymology
Borrowed in the 19th century from written Middle High German tump, from Old High German tumb. The inherited form of this word is tumm (Upper German, archaic).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tumb (strong nominative masculine singular tumber, comparative tumber, superlative am tumbsten or am tumbesten)
Declension
Positive forms of tumb
Comparative forms of tumb
Superlative forms of tumb
See also
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
tumb (plural tumbes)
- alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)
Etymology 2
Noun
tumb (plural tumbes)
- (Northern) alternative form of thombe (“thumb”)
Nawdm
Noun
tumb b (plural tumni ɦi)
References
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dumb, see also Old Saxon dumb, Old English dumb, Old Norse dumbr, Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs).
Adjective
tumb
Descendants
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