Humpen

See also: humpen

German

Alternative forms

• Humpe f (obsolete)

Etymology

16th century, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German hump (“heap, lump”), Dutch homp (“chunk, gobbet”), English hump, all possibly from a Proto-West Germanic *hump. Within High German it was originally restricted to the colonial dialects (i.e. East Central German), which might suggest a borrowing from the Middle Low German form (though the -mp- is regular). As none of the Germanic words is attested before 1550, any further derivation must remain tentative; but one compares Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē), Middle Irish comm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊmpən/, [ˈhʊm.pən], [ˈhʊm.pm̩]

• Audio:

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Noun

Humpen m (strong, genitive Humpens, plural Humpen)

1. tankard (massy container, usually for beer)

Declension

Declension of Humpen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Humpen	die	Humpen
genitive	eines	des	Humpens	der	Humpen
dative	einem	dem	Humpen	den	Humpen
accusative	einen	den	Humpen	die	Humpen

Derived terms

• Bierhumpen

Further reading

• “Humpen” in Duden online