German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German rumph, perhaps ultimately related to rümpfen (to wrinkle).[1] See English rump for more.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /rʊm(p)f/, [ʁʊmpf], [ʁʊmf]
  • (file)

Noun edit

Rumpf m (strong, genitive Rumpfes or Rumpfs, plural Rümpfe)

  1. (anatomy) trunk; torso (body excluding the head and limbs)
  2. (nautical) hull (Clipping of Schiffsrumpf.)
  3. (aviation) fuselage (Clipping of Flugzeugrumpf.)

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References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Rumpf”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

  • Rumpf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Rumpf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Rumpf” in Duden online
  •   Rumpf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de