Daumen

Concepts

thumb

pollex

big toe

star

⭐

thumbs

toe

big-shot

thumbsbreadth

authority

thumb

finger

inch

Synonyms

große Zehe

großer Zeh

Zeh

Zehe

Zoll

Translations

pulgar

pouce

pollice

duim

polegar

pollex

başparmak

polze

dedo polegar

poce

αντίχειρας

dedo pulgar

dito grosso

إبهام

Dialects

Bern

duume

Basel-Landschaft

duume

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdaʊ̯mən/

Etymology

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.