stumpf

See also: Stumpf

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stumpf, from late Old High German stumph, from the root of Stumpf (stump, stub).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtʊm(p)f/
  • (file)

Adjective

stumpf (strong nominative masculine singular stumpfer, comparative stumpfer, superlative am stumpfsten or am stumpfesten)

  1. dull, blunt
  2. flat (as opposed to pointy)
    • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 551:
      Vor ihnen lag das Dorf mit seinen Strohdächern und dem niedrigen, stumpfen Kirchturm.
      In front of them was the village with its thatched roofs and the small, flat church steeple.

Declension

Further reading

  • stumpf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • stumpf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • stumpf” in Duden online
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