Lumpen
German, noun/ˈlʊmpən/
Lumpen is spelled L-U-M-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lumpen is a German masculine noun meaning “rag, tatter, shred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an all-case plural of Lump. The German Wiktionary defines it as “altes, verschlissenes, verschmutztes Stück Stoff”.
What does Lumpen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerag, tatter, shred
noun
- 1
all-case plural of Lump
- 2
genitive/dative/accusative singular of Lump
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. altes, verschlissenes, verschmutztes Stück Stoff 2. schäbiges Kleidungsstück
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 Lumpen
- Lumpens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lumpen?
- /ˈlʊmpən/
- [ˈlʊmpən]
- [ˈlʊmpm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lumpen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lumpen in German?
Lumpen appears 1.8 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).