tumb
[tʊmp]
The verdict
“tumb” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - töricht, einfältig, schlichten Geistes seiend
Corpus desk
Index DE-tumb · tumb · German
tumb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tumb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [tʊmp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tumb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tumb is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [tʊmp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "töricht, einfältig, schlichten Geistes seiend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tumb, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is tumb, spelled T-U-M-B.
Definition
- 1töricht, einfältig, schlichten Geistes seiend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tumb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gegen seinen tumben Diener wirkt der Held des Films geradezu gebildet.
„Ich bin heute froh, daß er tumb nicht zuhörte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.