-tum
German
Etymology
From Middle High German -tuom, from Old High German -tuom, from Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz (“-dom”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos (“thing put”). Cognate with English -dom, Dutch -dom, Swedish -dom.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuːm/, [tʰuːm]
Audio (file)
Suffix
-tum n or m (genitive -tums or -tumes, plural -tümer)
- A suffix used to derive abstract nouns: -dom.
Declension
See also
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_suffixed_with_-tum' title='Category:German words suffixed with -tum'>German words suffixed with -tum</a>
References
- Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “-tum”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN
Latin
Etymology 1
From -tus (forming adjectives).
Suffix
-tum
Etymology 2
From -tus (forming nouns of action).
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