Tümpel

Meaning

shallow pond, pool

Frequency

45k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glungge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
Tüm‧pel
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtʏmpl̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German tümpfel, from Old High German tumphilo, from Proto-Germanic *dumpilaz, related to *deupaz (“deep”). The regular Upper German form is Tümpfel, which is now obsolete in standard usage; the unshifted -p- is from Central German dialects. Cognate with English dimple.

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