Sumpf
German, noun/zʊm(p)f/
Sumpf is spelled S-U-M-P-F (5 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sumpf is a German masculine noun meaning “swamp, marsh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “flache, stehende Wasserfläche mit Vegetation”.
What does Sumpf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswamp, marsh
- 2
masculinesump
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. flache, stehende Wasserfläche mit Vegetation 2. tiefster Teil eines Schachtes, in dem sich Grubenwasser ansammelt
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 Sumpf
- Sumpfes genitive
- Sümpfe plural
- Sumpfe dative singular
- Sümpfen dative definite plural
- Sumpfs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sumpf?
- /zʊm(p)f/
- [zʊmpf]
- [zʊmf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sumpf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sumpf in German?
Sumpf appears 4.8 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).