dumm

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tump, from Old High German tumb, from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German dumb, dumm, from Old Saxon dumb). The rare literary variant tumb is a poetic archaism directly borrowed from Middle High German; the expected form of this source is early modern German tumm (now obsolete). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʊm/ === Adjective === dumm (strong nominative masculine singular dummer, comparative dümmer, superlative am dümmsten) dumb, stupid Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dumm ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “dumm”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “dumm” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “dumm” in Duden online == Low German == === Alternative forms === domm (Low Prussian) dum (New Saxon Spelling) === Etymology === From Middle Low German dum, from Old Saxon dumb, from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare German dumm and tumb, Dutch dom, English dumb, West Frisian dom, Danish dum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʊm/ === Adjective === dumm (comparative dümmer, superlative dümmst) (German Low German) dumb, silent, mute dumb, stupid ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== verdummen