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German
Etymology
Summe + -chen
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Sümm‧chen
Noun
Sümmchen n (strong, genitive Sümmchens, plural Sümmchen)
- diminutive of Summe
- (colloquial, euphemistic) pretty penny
- 1853, Heinrich Pröhle, Kinder- und Volksmärchen, Avenarius und Mendelsohn, page 149:
Er baut sich ein neues Haus, und das kostet Geld, da hat mein Vater ihm ein Sümmchen vorschießen müssen.- He builds a new house for himself, and that costs money, so my father had to advance him a pretty penny.
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