-tum

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tum"

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /tuːm/, [tʰuːm]
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Suffix

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

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

Declension
Declension of -tum [neuter // masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das, der -tum die -tümer
genitive eines des -tums, -tumes1 der -tümer
dative einem dem -tum, -tume1,2 den -tümern
accusative ein, einen das, den -tum die -tümer

1Less common.
2Now rare, see notes.

See also
German terms suffixed with -tum

References
  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

Etymology 1

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

Suffix

-tum

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Suffix

-tum n (genitive -tī); second declension

(applied to noun stems)
  1. (of vegetation) A grove or thicket
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -tum

Etymology 3

From -tus (forming nouns of action).

Suffix

-tum

  1. accusative singular of -tus
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