Trumm

Bavarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥rum/

Noun

Trumm n (plural Trimmer)

1. (sometimes derogatory) an object (mostly large or larger)

   Nimmst des Trumm då und trågsts as umme. ― Take that thing and carry it over there.

   Des Trumm is ma so am Oasch gånga, dass i's wegaghaut håb. ― I was so annoyed by that thing I ditched it.

2. a whopper (something very large)

   Na habedere, des is a Trumm. ― Blimey, that's a whopper.

3. (in the plural) debris

Derived terms

• Muadstrumm

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁʊm/

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German trum, drum, from Old High German drum (“splinter, end piece”), from Proto-Germanic *þrumą (“butt, stump”).

Noun

Trumm n (strong, genitive Trummes or Trumms, plural Trümmer)

1. whopper (something extremely or unusually large)
2. (in the plural) debris

Declension

Declension of Trumm [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Trumm	die	Trümmer
genitive	eines	des	Trummes, Trumms	der	Trümmer
dative	einem	dem	Trumm, Trumme1	den	Trümmern
accusative	ein	das	Trumm	die	Trümmer

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Trumm”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Etymology 2

Clipping of Trommel, used in poetic speech.

Noun

Trumm f (genitive Trumm, plural Trummen)

1. (poetic) drum
   • 1930, Hermann Löns, edited by Fritz Sotke, Es schlägt ein fremder Fink im Land, in: Unsere Lieder: Ein Liederbuch für die Wandernde Jugend:

     Es schlägt ein fremder Fink im Land, radibimmel, radibammel, radibumm! Die Luft, die riecht wie angebrannt, der Tilly, der zieht um! Es klingt so fein, Radibimm, bumm, bamm, in maiorem Dei gloriam, die Pfeife und die Trumm!

     A foreign finch chimes in the land, radibimmel, radibammel, radibumm! The air smells as if it's burnt, Tilly is roaming around! It sounds so well, radibimm, bumm, bamm, to the greater glory of God, the pipe and the drum!

Related terms

• Trommel