English

Verb

tumb ‎(third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To tumble; jump; dance.

Related terms

• tumble

German

Etymology

Borrowed in the 19th century from written Middle High German [Term?] tump, from Old High German tumb. The inherited form of this word is dumm (Central and Low German) alongside tumm (Upper German; archaic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊmp/

Adjective

tumb ‎(comparative tumber, superlative am tumbsten or am tumbesten)

1. (rare, literary, dated) simple-minded; naive; oafish

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, whence also Old Saxon dumb, Old English dumb, Old Norse dumbr, Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 ‎(dumbs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeubʰ-.

Adjective

tumb

1. dumb
2. stupid

Descendants

• German: tumb; dumm (influenced by Central and Low German)