zomp

Meaning

swamp

Concepts

bog

swamp

marsh

quagmire

Synonyms

moeras

moer

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zwamp

broek

moerasland

Translations

palude

bataklık

ciénaga

έλος

paul

marais

pantano

Moor

pantà

palūs

marécage

pântano

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zɔmp/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle English: sompe

Cognate with Middle Low German: sump

Cognate with German: Sumpf

In summary

From Middle Dutch somp, sump, from Old Dutch *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Cognates include Middle English sompe (“marsh, morass”), Middle Low German sump (“marsh, swamp”), German Sumpf (“swamp”).