Wumme
German, noun/ˈvʊmə/
Wumme is spelled W-U-M-M-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wumme is a German feminine noun meaning “handgun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für eine Handfeuerwaffe, ohne Bezug zur Größe oder Ausführung”.
What does Wumme mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininehandgun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für eine Handfeuerwaffe, ohne Bezug zur Größe oder Ausführung
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 Wumme
- Wummen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wumme?
- /ˈvʊmə/
- [ˈvʊmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wumme in German?
Wumme appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).