Sumer

See also: Sümer, sumer, and sumér

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s; compare French sumérien since 1872. Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.mə(ɹ)/
• (General American) enPR: sōōmʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.mɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Su‧mer

Proper noun

Sumer

2. Earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia.

Derived terms

• Sumeria
• Sumerian
• Sumerology

Translations

civilization

• Akkadian: 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (šumeru)
• Armenian: Շումեր (Šumer)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܡܸܪ (šūmir)
• Azerbaijani: Şumer
• Burmese: ဆူမားရီးယန်းခေတ် (hcuma:ri:yan:hket)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇美爾 / 苏美尔 (zh) (Sūměi'ěr)

• Egyptian: sngr
• Esperanto: Sumero
• Finnish: Sumer
• Georgian: შუმერი (šumeri)
• Greek: Σουμέρ (Soumér)

  Ancient: Σενναάρ (Sennaár) (Koine)

• Hebrew: שׁוּמֵר (he) (shumér), שִׁנְעָר (šinʿar /⁠šinḡar⁠/) (Biblical)
• Hindi: सुमेर (hi) m (sumer)
• Hittite: 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (šanḫar)
• Hungarian: sumér (hu), sumer (hu)
• Irish: an tSuiméir f
• Japanese: シュメール (Shumēru)
• Kazakh: Шумер (Şumer)
• Marathi: सुमेर f (sumer)
• Portuguese: Suméria
• Russian: Шумер (ru) m (Šumer)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сумер m, Шумер m

  Roman: Sumer (sh) m, Šumer (sh)

• Spanish: Sumeria (es)
• Sumerian: 𒆠𒂗𒂠 (ki-en-ĝir)
• Swedish: Sumer
• Thai: ซูเมอร์
• Turkish: Sümer (tr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎐𐎙𐎗𐎐 (ṯnġrn /⁠sanḡarana⁠/)
• Uyghur: سۇمېر (sumër)

See also

• Shinar

Anagrams

• semur, resum, Reums, serum, Mureș, Remus, merus, muser, Muser, murse, mures, Esrum

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsumɛr]

Proper noun

Sumer m inan (related adjective sumerský)

1. Sumer
2. Sumerian (person of Sumer)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• sumerština

 

Further reading

• “Sumer”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Proper noun

Sumer ?

1. Sumer

Finnish

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumer/, [ˈs̠ume̞r]
• Rhymes: -umer
• Hyphenation^(key): Su‧mer

Proper noun

Sumer

1. Sumer

Declension

Inflection of Sumer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Sumer	—
genitive		Sumerin	—
partitive		Sumeria	—
illative		Sumeriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sumer	—
accusative	nom.	Sumer	—
	gen.	Sumerin
genitive		Sumerin	—
partitive		Sumeria	—
inessive		Sumerissa	—
elative		Sumerista	—
illative		Sumeriin	—
adessive		Sumerilla	—
ablative		Sumerilta	—
allative		Sumerille	—
essive		Sumerina	—
translative		Sumeriksi	—
abessive		Sumeritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Sumer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sumerini — accusative nom. Sumerini — gen. Sumerini genitive Sumerini — partitive Sumeriani — inessive Sumerissani — elative Sumeristani — illative Sumeriini — adessive Sumerillani — ablative Sumeriltani — allative Sumerilleni — essive Sumerinani — translative Sumerikseni — abessive Sumerittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sumerisi — accusative nom. Sumerisi — gen. Sumerisi genitive Sumerisi — partitive Sumeriasi — inessive Sumerissasi — elative Sumeristasi — illative Sumeriisi — adessive Sumerillasi — ablative Sumeriltasi — allative Sumerillesi — essive Sumerinasi — translative Sumeriksesi — abessive Sumerittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sumerimme — accusative nom. Sumerimme — gen. Sumerimme genitive Sumerimme — partitive Sumeriamme — inessive Sumerissamme — elative Sumeristamme — illative Sumeriimme — adessive Sumerillamme — ablative Sumeriltamme — allative Sumerillemme — essive Sumerinamme — translative Sumeriksemme — abessive Sumerittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sumerinne — accusative nom. Sumerinne — gen. Sumerinne genitive Sumerinne — partitive Sumerianne — inessive Sumerissanne — elative Sumeristanne — illative Sumeriinne — adessive Sumerillanne — ablative Sumeriltanne — allative Sumerillenne — essive Sumerinanne — translative Sumeriksenne — abessive Sumerittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Sumerinsa — accusative nom. Sumerinsa — gen. Sumerinsa genitive Sumerinsa — partitive Sumeriaan Sumeriansa — inessive Sumerissaan Sumerissansa — elative Sumeristaan Sumeristansa — illative Sumeriinsa — adessive Sumerillaan Sumerillansa — ablative Sumeriltaan Sumeriltansa — allative Sumerilleen Sumerillensa — essive Sumerinaan Sumerinansa — translative Sumerikseen Sumeriksensa — abessive Sumerittaan Sumerittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• sumeri, sumerin kieli
• sumerilainen
• sumerilaisuus
• sumerinkielinen

Anagrams

• Mersu

French

Proper noun

Sumer ?

1. Sumer

Anagrams

• meurs, mures, mûres, muser, sérum

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Sumer

1. Sumer

Italian

Proper noun

Sumer ?

1. Sumer

Norwegian

Proper noun

Sumer

1. Sumer

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -umɛr
• Syllabification: Su‧mer

Proper noun

Sumer

1. Sumer

Further reading

• Sumer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sumeɾ]

Proper noun

Sumer n

1. Sumer

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Sumer	Sumerul
genitive-dative	Sumer	Sumerului
vocative	Sumerule

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǔmeːr/
• Hyphenation: Su‧mer

Proper noun

Sùmēr m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀ме̄р)

1. Sumer

Declension

Declension of Sumer

	singular
nominative	Sumer
genitive	Sumera
dative	Sumeru
accusative	Sumer
vocative	Sumeru
locative	Sumeru
instrumental	Sumerom

Swedish

Proper noun

Sumer ? (genitive Sumers)

1. Sumer