Rumpf
German, noun/rʊm(p)f/
Rumpf is spelled R-U-M-P-F (5 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rumpf is a German masculine noun meaning “trunk; torso (body excluding the head and limbs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Unterseite oder der untere Teil eines Schiffes, Flugzeugs oder Ähnlichem”.
What does Rumpf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrunk; torso (body excluding the head and limbs)
- 2
masculinehull (clipping of Schiffsrumpf)
- 3
masculinefuselage (clipping of Flugzeugrumpf)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Unterseite oder der untere Teil eines Schiffes, Flugzeugs oder Ähnlichem 2. zentraler Abschnitt des Körpers (ohne Kopf, Hals, Gliedmaßen und Schwanz) 3. der grundlegende Teil von etwas
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 Rumpf
- Rumpfes genitive
- Rumpfs genitive
- Rümpfe plural
- Rumpfe dative singular
- Rümpfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rumpf?
- /rʊm(p)f/
- [ʁʊmpf]
- [ʁʊmf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rumpf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rumpf in German?
Rumpf appears 4.1 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).