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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊmpən/, [ˈlʊmpən], [ˈlʊmpm̩]

• Audio:

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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

Noun

Lumpen

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

Further reading

• “Lumpen” in Duden online