-tum

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tuːm/, [tʰuːm]
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Suffix

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-tum n or m (strong, genitive -tums or (less common) -tumes, plural -tümer)

  1. A suffix used to derive abstract nouns: -dom

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “-tum”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From -tus (forming adjectives), from Proto-Italic *-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *-tós (suffix creating verbal adjectives).

Suffix

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-tum

  1. inflection of -tus:
    1. masculine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Etymology 2

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Most likely a nominalization of the neuter of -tus (adjective-forming suffix).

Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-tum n (genitive -tī); second declension

(applied to noun stems)
  1. (of vegetation) A grove or thicket
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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From -tus (forming nouns of action).

Suffix

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-tum

  1. accusative singular of -tus

Suffix

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-tum

  1. suffix forming the accusative supine of verbs