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German
Etymology
From 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
Noun
Lumpen m (strong, genitive Lumpens, plural Lumpen)
- rag, tatter, shred
Declension
Noun
Lumpen
- (strong or weak) all-case plural of Lump
- (weak only) genitive/dative/accusative singular of Lump
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