dumm
German (Berlin)
/dʊm/
adj
Definitions
- dumb, stupid
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German tump inherited from Old High German tumb inherited from *dumb inherited from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz (dumb, dull) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (whisk, smoke, darken, obscure, black, deep, be obscured, plug, wedge, peg, be obscure, whirl, smoky, foggy, dim, mist, stupefaction, daze) derived from Middle Low German dumb derived from Old Saxon dumb.
Origin
Old Saxon
dumb
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abysmal English
- bedumb English
- deafen English
- dumb English
- dumb bomb English
- dumb fuck English
- dumb fucker English
- dumbass English
- dumbassed English
- dumbbell English
- dumbbutt English
- dumbcane English
- dumben English
- dumbhead English
- dumbhood English
- dumbie English
- dumbification English
- dumbify English
- dumbish English
- dumbling English
- dumbly English
- dumbness English
- dumbnut English
- dumbo English
- dumbphone English
- dumbshit English
- dumbstruck English
- dumbwaiter English
- dummkopf English
- dummy English
- fandumb English
- paratyphoid English
- paratyphoid fever English
- semidumb English
- tympeä Finnish
- Bart German
- Batz German
- Depp German
- Dummbart German
- Dummbatz German
- Dummchen German
- Dummdepp German
- Dummheit German
- Dummhirn German
- Dummi German
- Dummkopf German
- Dümmlichkeit German
- Hirn German
- Kopf German
- Stroh German
- dreist German
- dummdreist German
- dummerweise German
- dümmlich German
- erzdumm German
- strohdumm German
- strunzdumm German
- strunzen German
- tumb German
- dom Dutch, Flemish
- domheid Dutch, Flemish
- domkerk Dutch, Flemish
- domkop Dutch, Flemish
- dommekracht Dutch, Flemish
- dommerik Dutch, Flemish
- domoor Dutch, Flemish
- domproost Dutch, Flemish
- domrechts Dutch, Flemish
- domweg Dutch, Flemish
- oliedom Dutch, Flemish
- τυφλός Ancient Greek
- ἄβυσσος Ancient Greek
- *bʰudʰn-, *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *dhubh- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewbʰ-nós Proto-Indo-European
- dum Norwegian Bokmål
- dumhet Norwegian Bokmål
- dumming Norwegian Bokmål
- *daubaz Proto-Germanic
- *daupijaną Proto-Germanic
- *daupīniz Proto-Germanic
- *deupaz Proto-Germanic
- *diupiþō Proto-Germanic
- *diupį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *dubjaną Proto-Germanic
- *duftaz Proto-Germanic
- *dumbaz Proto-Germanic
- *dūbǭ Proto-Germanic
- dum Swedish
- dumburk Swedish
- dum Norwegian Nynorsk
- dumb Old English
- dumb Middle English
- dofinn Old Norse
- dumbr Old Norse
- dum Danish
- dumhed Danish
- dummefejl Danish
- dummerik Danish
- snotdum Danish
- *dubъkъ Proto-Slavic
- *dupľa Proto-Slavic
- dom Middle Dutch
- *dumb Old High German
- tumb Old High German
- dumjums Latvian
- dumjība Latvian
- dumjš Latvian
- tump Middle High German
- Dommheet Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- domm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dudum Albanian
- 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 Gothic
- *dumb gmw-pro
- dumb Old Dutch
- *dubus Proto-Celtic
- dum Middle Low German
- dumb Middle Low German
- dumb Old Saxon
- dumber Old Swedish
- dumb Old Frisian
- dumm German Low German
- *dubna Proto-Albanian