Trümmer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Plural of Trumm (Middle High German drum, Old High German trum, Proto-Germanic *þrum-), which has acquired a separate meaning. The Middle High German plural was drum or drumer, Early Modern High German trumer, trumeren, trummer, trimmer, trümmern. The new singular Trümmer (either feminine, masculine or neuter) arises in the 18th century (Klopstock). The singular remained in common use until the end of the 19th century. In the 20th century, use as plurale tantum became prevalent, and use as a singular is now dated.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Trümmer n pl (plural only) or
Trümmer (archaic) m or (archaic) f (strong or mixed, genitive Trümmers or Trümmer, plural Trümmer or Trümmern)
- ruins, debris, wreckage, remains, fragments
- 1780, Klopstock, Messias 172:
- […] zu stehn auf der flammenden Trümmer [fem. sg.] seines Tempels […]
- […] to stand on the flaming ruins of their [the people's] temple […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1796, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 5, in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship][1], volume 4:
- […] brachten nur wenige Trümmer ihrer Besitztümer davon.
- [the refugees] only saved a few fragments of their possessions
- 1864, Eichendorff, Sämtliche Werke 3, 295:
- Die Trümmer des alten Schlosses Dürande sehen über die Wipfel in die Einsamkeit hinein
- the ruins of old Dürande castle look out over the tree-tops into solitude
- 1905, Mörike, Gesammelte Schriften 3, 41:
- Keine Stunde hielt es an, bis die Mühle borst in Trümmer.
- before the end of an hour, the mill collapsed in ruins
- 1780, Klopstock, Messias 172:
Declension
[edit]Declension of Trümmer [pl-only, neuter]
Declension of Trümmer [masculine (archaic) // feminine (archaic), strong // mixed]
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Trümmer
Further reading
[edit]- “Trümmer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Trümmer (Bruchstück, Überrest, Plural)” in Duden online
- “Trümmer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Trümmer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Teipel, "Bemerkungen über Geschlecht, Mehrzahl und Deklination einiger neuhochdeutscher Hauptwörter", Archiv für Philologie und Pädagogik 8 (1842), 211f.
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