hum

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
2. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
3. Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
4. (UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
5. (dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
6. (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
7. 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.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
2. (transitive) To express by humming.
3. (intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
4. (intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
5. (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
6. (British, slang) To reek, smell bad.
7. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.

Intj

1. Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
2. Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.

Konzepte

summen

Summen

brummen

Surren

Gemurmel

Brummen

surren

leise singen

schnurren

schwirren

vor sich hin singen

Gerede

leises Singen

Schwirren

Geräusch eines Flügelschlages

Gedankenversunkenheit

Gesumm

Gesumme

brüllen

scherzh.

fressen

🍽️

Geräusch

Grummeln

heulen

knurren

murmeln

rauschen

schnarchen

singen

stöhnen

essen

🍽️

Grollen

Synonyme

buzz

drone

murmur

whirr

purr

roar

whir

humming

sound

🔉

moan

sing

hiss

zoom

croon

howl

rumble

whistle

buzzing

whizz

coo

sound of voices

warble

talk

🗣️

chant

groan

boom

💥

growl

disturbance

hubbub

whiz

commotion

mutter

busyness

whisper

mumble

sough

thrum

seethe

uproar

low

intone

infest

cry

😢

humbug

rankness

purl

hoax

burble

pong

mutters

Übersetzungen

bourdonner

ronzare

fredonner

brommen

cantarolar

zumbar

snorren

razen

😡

gonzen

vrombir

canturrear

zumbido

zumbir

zoemen

murmullo

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈhʌm/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: hummen

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: hommelen

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: hommen

Verwandt mit Mittelhochdeutsch: hummen

In summary

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.