klumpen
German, verb
klumpen is spelled K-L-U-M-P-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klumpen is a German verb meaning “to lump” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Klumpen is a different word: “lump”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unregelmäßig verteilt sein/werden, so dass sich in einer Masse Klumpen/Klümpchen bilden”.
What does klumpen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lump
noun
- 1
masculinelump
- 2
masculineclod
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. formlose (meist feuchte) zusammengeballte Masse, oft formbaren Materials 2. ein großes Stück eines Metalls
verb: 1. unregelmäßig verteilt sein/werden, so dass sich in einer Masse Klumpen/Klümpchen bilden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of klumpen
- Klumpens genitive
- Klümpchen diminutive neuter
- Klump alternative
- Klumpe alternative
- klumpt present singular third-person
- klumpte past
- geklumpt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- klumpend participle present
- klumpe first-person indicative present
- klumpst indicative present second-person
- klumpest second-person singular subjunctive
- klumpet plural second-person subjunctive
- klumpten first-person indicative plural
- klumptest indicative preterite second-person
- klumptet indicative plural preterite
- geklumpt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu klumpen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to klumpen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is klumpen in German?
klumpen appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).