Sumer

See also: Sümer, sumer, and sumér

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s; compare French sumérien since 1872. Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uːmə/
• (General American) enPR: sōōmʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈsuːmɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Su‧mer

Proper noun

Sumer

2. A historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq.

Derived terms

• Sumeria
• Sumerian
• Sumeric
• Sumerism
• Sumerist
  • anti-Sumerist
• Sumerize
  • Sumerization
• Sumero-
  • Sumerogram
  • Sumerologist
  • Sumerology
  • Sumerophone

Translations

civilization

• Akkadian: 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (šumeru)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܡܸܪ (šūmir)

• Armenian: Շումեր (Šumer)
• Azerbaijani: Şumer
• Burmese: ဆူမား (hcuma:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇美爾 / 苏美尔 (zh) (Sūměi'ěr) (Mainland China), 蘇美 / 苏美 (zh) (Sūměi) (Taiwan)

• Danish: Sumer n
• Egyptian: sngr
• Esperanto: Sumero
• Finnish: Sumer
• French: Sumer (fr) m
• Georgian: შუმერი (šumeri)
• German: Sumer (de)
• Greek: Σουμέρ (Soumér)

  Ancient Greek: Σενναάρ (Sennaár) (Koine)

• Hebrew: שׁוּמֵר (he) (shumér), שִׁנְעָר (šinʿar /⁠šinḡar⁠/) (Biblical)
• Hindi: सुमेर (hi) m (sumer)
• Hittite: 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (šanḫar)
• Hungarian: sumér (hu), sumer (hu)
• Irish: an tSuiméir f
• Japanese: シュメール (Shumēru)
• Kazakh: Шумер (šuwmer)
• Marathi: सुमेर f (sumer)
• Portuguese: Suméria
• Russian: Шумер (ru) m (Šumer)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сумер m, Шумер m

  Latin: Sumer (sh) m, Šumer (sh)

• Spanish: Sumeria (es)
• Sumerian: 𒆠𒂗𒂠 (ki-en-ĝir)
• Swedish: Sumer
• Thai: ซูเมอร์
• Turkish: Sümer (tr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎐𐎙𐎗𐎐 (ṯnġrn /⁠sanḡarana⁠/)
• Uyghur: سۇمېر (sumër)

See also

• Shinar

Anagrams

• semur, resum, Reums, serum, Mureș, Remus, merus, muser, Muser, murse, mures, Esrum

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsumɛr]

Proper noun

Sumer m inan (relational adjective sumerský)

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Proper noun

Sumer m anim

1. Sumerian (native or inhabitant of the land of Sumer in modern Iraq) (usually male)

Declension

Declension of Sumer (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sumer	Sumerové
genitive	Sumera	Sumerů
dative	Sumerovi, Sumeru	Sumerům
accusative	Sumera	Sumery
vocative	Sumere	Sumerové
locative	Sumerovi, Sumeru	Sumerech
instrumental	Sumerem	Sumery

Related terms

• sumerština

Further reading

• “Sumer”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Proper noun

Sumer ?

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Finnish

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumer/, [ˈs̠ume̞r]
• Rhymes: -umer
• Syllabification^(key): Su‧mer
• Hyphenation^(key): Su‧mer

Proper noun

Sumer

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Declension

Inflection of Sumer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Sumer	—
genitive		Sumerin	—
partitive		Sumeria	—
illative		Sumeriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sumer	—
accusative	nom.	Sumer	—
	gen.	Sumerin
genitive		Sumerin	—
partitive		Sumeria	—
inessive		Sumerissa	—
elative		Sumerista	—
illative		Sumeriin	—
adessive		Sumerilla	—
ablative		Sumerilta	—
allative		Sumerille	—
essive		Sumerina	—
translative		Sumeriksi	—
abessive		Sumeritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Sumer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sumerini — accusative nom. Sumerini — gen. Sumerini genitive Sumerini — partitive Sumeriani — inessive Sumerissani — elative Sumeristani — illative Sumeriini — adessive Sumerillani — ablative Sumeriltani — allative Sumerilleni — essive Sumerinani — translative Sumerikseni — abessive Sumerittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sumerisi — accusative nom. Sumerisi — gen. Sumerisi genitive Sumerisi — partitive Sumeriasi — inessive Sumerissasi — elative Sumeristasi — illative Sumeriisi — adessive Sumerillasi — ablative Sumeriltasi — allative Sumerillesi — essive Sumerinasi — translative Sumeriksesi — abessive Sumerittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sumerimme — accusative nom. Sumerimme — gen. Sumerimme genitive Sumerimme — partitive Sumeriamme — inessive Sumerissamme — elative Sumeristamme — illative Sumeriimme — adessive Sumerillamme — ablative Sumeriltamme — allative Sumerillemme — essive Sumerinamme — translative Sumeriksemme — abessive Sumerittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sumerinne — accusative nom. Sumerinne — gen. Sumerinne genitive Sumerinne — partitive Sumerianne — inessive Sumerissanne — elative Sumeristanne — illative Sumeriinne — adessive Sumerillanne — ablative Sumeriltanne — allative Sumerillenne — essive Sumerinanne — translative Sumeriksenne — abessive Sumerittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Sumerinsa — accusative nom. Sumerinsa — gen. Sumerinsa genitive Sumerinsa — partitive Sumeriaan Sumeriansa — inessive Sumerissaan Sumerissansa — elative Sumeristaan Sumeristansa — illative Sumeriinsa — adessive Sumerillaan Sumerillansa — ablative Sumeriltaan Sumeriltansa — allative Sumerilleen Sumerillensa — essive Sumerinaan Sumerinansa — translative Sumerikseen Sumeriksensa — abessive Sumerittaan Sumerittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• sumeri, sumerin kieli
• sumerilainen
• sumerilaisuus
• sumerinkielinen

Anagrams

• Mersu

French

Proper noun

Sumer ?

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Anagrams

• meurs, mures, mûres, muser, sérum

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Sumer

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Italian

Proper noun

Sumer ?

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Norwegian

Proper noun

Sumer

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -umɛr
• Syllabification: Su‧mer

Proper noun

Sumer

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Further reading

• “Sumer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sumeɾ]

Proper noun

Sumer n

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Sumer	Sumerul
genitive-dative	Sumer	Sumerului
vocative	Sumerule

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǔmeːr/
• Hyphenation: Su‧mer

Proper noun

Sùmēr m inan (Cyrillic spelling Су̀ме̄р)

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Declension

Declension of Sumer

	singular
nominative	Sumer
genitive	Sumera
dative	Sumeru
accusative	Sumer
vocative	Sumeru
locative	Sumeru
instrumental	Sumerom

Swedish

Proper noun

Sumer n (genitive Sumers)

1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

Related terms

• sumer
• sumerisk
• sumeriska