Klumpen

See also: klumpen

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German klumpe, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”). Cognate with Dutch klomp (whence English clump). Compare also Danish and Swedish klump.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklʊmpən/, [ˈklʊmpən], [ˈklʊmpm̩]

Noun

Klumpen m (genitive Klumpens, plural Klumpen, diminutive Klümpchen n)

lump
clod

Declension

Declension of Klumpen

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Klumpen	die	Klumpen
genitive	eines	des	Klumpens	der	Klumpen
dative	einem	dem	Klumpen	den	Klumpen
accusative	einen	den	Klumpen	die	Klumpen

Further reading

Klumpen in Duden online

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