hum
Bedeutung (English)
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- A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- (slang) Unpleasant odour.
- An imposition or hoax; humbug.
- (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
- A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
Concepts
Surren
leise singen
vor sich hin singen
leises Singen
Schwirren
Geräusch eines Flügelschlages
Gedankenversunkenheit
Gesumm
Gesumme
scherzh.
Grummeln
Synonyms
sound of voices
faint sound
move fast
sing to oneself
compose impromptu
singing in a low voice
singing softly
groaning in distress
speak softly
sound indistinctly
pullulate with
buz
karst tower
make a sound
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈhʌm/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.
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