different between tums vs tumb

English

Noun

tums

1. plural of tum

Anagrams

• MTUs, UMTS, must, smut, stum

Swedish

Noun

tums

1. indefinite genitive plural of tum
2. indefinite genitive singular of tum

Anagrams

• must, stum

English

Etymology

From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *t?m?n? (“to turn round”). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), Icelandic tumba (“to tumble”). See tumble.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?m

Verb

tumb (third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To tumble; jump; dance.

Related terms

• tumble

German

Etymology

Borrowed in the 19th century from written Middle High German tump, from Old High German tumb. The inherited form of this word is dumm (Central and Low German) alongside tumm (Upper German; archaic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?mp/

Adjective

tumb (comparative tumber, superlative am tumbsten or am tumbesten)

1. (rare, literary, dated) simple-minded; naive; oafish

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tumb (plural tumbes)

1. Alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)

Etymology 2

Noun

tumb (plural tumbes)

1. (Northern) Alternative form of þombe (“thumb”)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, whence also Old Saxon dumb, Old English dumb, Old Norse dumbr, Gothic ???????????????????? (dumbs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-.

Adjective

tumb

1. dumb
2. stupid

Descendants

• German: tumb; dumm (influenced by Central and Low German)