Lump
German, noun/lʊmp/
Lump is spelled L-U-M-P (4 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lump is a German masculine noun meaning “cad, scoundrel (mean, ignoble, or dirty male person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gemeiner Mensch, Mensch mit schlechtem Charakter”.
What does Lump mean in English?
noun
- 1
Austriacolloquialderogatorymasculinecad, scoundrel (mean, ignoble, or dirty male person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gemeiner Mensch, Mensch mit schlechtem Charakter 2. zu mutwilligen Streichen aufgelegter Mensch
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 Lump
- Lumpen genitive standard
- Lumps common genitive
- Lumpe common plural
- Lümpchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lump?
- /lʊmp/
- [lʊmp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lump
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lump in German?
Lump appears 1.4 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).