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German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʊmzn̩/
- Hyphenation: sum‧sen
Verb
sumsen (weak, third-person singular present sumst, past tense sumste, past participle gesumst, auxiliary haben)
- (archaic or regional) to buzz
- Synonym: summen
1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der Sperling und seine vier Kinder”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 2, 5th edition, page 326:„Traun! mein lieber Sohn, fleuchst du in die Kirchen, und hilfest Spinnen und die sumsenden Fliegen aufräumen und zirpst zu Gott wie die jungen Räblein, und befiehlst dich dem ewigen Schöpfer, so wirst du wohl bleiben, und wenn die ganze Welt voll wilder tückischer Vögel wäre.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
sumsen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
sumsen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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