Lumpen
See also: lumpen
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editLumpen m (strong, genitive Lumpens, plural Lumpen)
Declension
editDeclension of Lumpen [masculine, strong]
Noun
editLumpen
Further reading
edit- “Lumpen” in Duden online
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