Lumpen – German noun declension

German noun forms of Lumpen

Noun: Lumpen
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Lumpen
Plural Lumpen

Definite

Singularder Lumpen
Pluraldie Lumpen

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Lumpens
Plural Lumpen

Definite

Singulardes Lumpens
Pluralder Lumpen

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Lumpen
Plural Lumpen

Definite

Singulardem Lumpen
Pluralden Lumpen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen Lumpen
Plural Lumpen

Definite

Singularden Lumpen
Pluraldie Lumpen

Sample Sentences

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”). See: German Nouns 'Lappen', English Nouns 'limp', Latin Nouns 'limbus'.

Verbs referencing "Lumpen"

English Nouns lump, Romanian Nouns lumpen, Dutch Nouns lomp, Polish Nouns lumpeks, Russian Nouns люмпен.

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