"-tum" meaning in German

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Suffix

IPA: /tuːm/, [tʰuːm] Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--tum.wav
Etymology: From Middle High German -tuom, from Old High German -tuom, from Proto-West Germanic *-dōm, from Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz (“-dom”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos (“thing put”). Cognate with English -dom, Dutch -dom, Swedish -dom. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|-tuom}} Middle High German -tuom, {{inh|de|goh|-tuom}} Old High German -tuom, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*-dōm}} Proto-West Germanic *-dōm, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*-dōmaz|t=-dom}} Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz (“-dom”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*dʰóh₁mos|t=thing put}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos (“thing put”), {{cog|en|-dom}} English -dom, {{cog|nl|-dom}} Dutch -dom, {{cog|sv|-dom}} Swedish -dom Head templates: {{de-noun|n:m,s:es􂀿less common􂁀,^er}} -tum n or m (strong, genitive -tums or (less common) -tumes, plural -tümer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n:m,s:es􂀿less common􂁀,^er}} Forms: -tums [genitive], -tumes [genitive, uncommon], -tümer [plural], strong [table-tags], -tum [definite, nominative, singular], -tümer [definite, nominative, plural], -tums [genitive, singular], -tumes [genitive, singular], -tümer [definite, genitive, plural], -tum [dative, singular], -tume [dative, singular], -tümern [dative, definite, plural], -tum [accusative, definite, singular], -tümer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. A suffix used to derive abstract nouns: -dom Wikipedia link: Elmar Seebold, Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Tags: masculine, morpheme, neuter, strong Synonyms: -thum, -thumb [obsolete]
    Sense id: en--tum-de-suffix-QtyhpZcS Categories (other): German suffixes with multiple genders

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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