Masculine

Daumen

big-shot

große Zehe

großer Zeh

Frequency

Bern

Bern

duume

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

duume

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdaʊ̯mən/

Inherited from Middle High German

dūme

Inherited from Old High German

dūmo

Cognate with Dutch

duim

Cognate with English

thumb

Cognate with Danish

tomme

Cognate with Swedish

tumme

In summary

From Middle High German dūme, from Old High German dūmo. Compare German Low German Dumen, Dutch duim, English thumb, Danish tomme, Swedish tumme.

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