Pump

See also: pump

German

Etymology

Back-formation from pumpen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pʊmp]
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Hyphenation: Pump
Rhymes: -ʊmp

Noun

Pump m (strong, genitive Pumps, no plural)

(colloquial, generally in the prepositional phrase auf Pump) credit, a state of operation functioning only by borrowing
(bodybuilding, colloquial) pump

Declension

Declension of Pump [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pump
genitive	eines	des	Pumps
dative	einem	dem	Pump
accusative	einen	den	Pump

Further reading

“Pump” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Pump” in Duden online
“Pump” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Pump” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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