Stumpen

See also: stumpen

German

Etymology

From a merger of two interrelated forms: 1.) Stump(en), a Central and Low German variant of Stumpf, from northern Middle High German stumpe and Middle Low German stump; 2.) Stumpen, Stumpel, an Upper German variant of Stummel, from Middle High German stumbel, from Old High German stumbal. The use in standard German is predominantly based on southern dialects (word 2).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʊmpən/, [ˈʃtʊmpən], [ˈʃtʊmpm̩]
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Noun

Stumpen m (strong, genitive Stumpens, plural Stumpen)

  1. stump, stub
    Synonyms: Stumpf, Stummel
  2. (dated) cigarette
    • 1908, Robert Walser, Der Gehülfe‎, Berlin: Bruno Cassirer:
      […] dann so zu fahren, in alle Welt hinaus, mit den Fahrgästen ein Gespräch zu beginnen, dem einen oder dem andern derselben eine Zigarre oder einen guten Stumpen zu offerieren, in einer fremden Gegend schließlich auszusteigen, mit flotten, lebenslustigen Leuten zu verkehren, […]
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