Wumme
[ˈvʊmə]
The verdict
“Wumme” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für eine Handfeuerwaffe, ohne Bezug zur Größe oder Ausführung
Corpus desk
Index DE-wumme · Wumme · German
Wumme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Wumme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvʊmə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wumme“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wumme is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvʊmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für eine Handfeuerwaffe, ohne Bezug zur Größe oder Ausführung".
Wumme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Wumme, spelled W-U-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für eine Handfeuerwaffe, ohne Bezug zur Größe oder Ausführung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wumme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aus der Jackentasche zog er eine Wumme.
„Der Sänger sang: »Ich kauf mir ’ne Wumme, so lang wie mein Bein, und jedem, der blöd kommt, dem knall’ ich eins rein ...«“
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.