stumpf

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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/
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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.
  3. (colloquial, figurative, derogatory) boring, dull, formulaic, dumb
    • 2023 May 23, Arabella Wintermayr, “Neuer Vampirfilm mit Nicolas Cage: Stell dich deinem Dämon”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Leider weiß „Renfield“ weder das Potenzial des vielversprechenden Ausgangspunkts noch sein überzeugendes Casting richtig auszuschöpfen und verliert sich bald in einem stumpfen Krimiplot.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2023, “Suchen/Finden”, in Apokalypse Wow, performed by Frittenbude:
      Gib mir einen roten Faden, nach dem ich greifen kann / Und stumpfe Parol'n, die ich begreifen kann
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading

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