stumpf

See also: Stumpf

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtʊm(p)f/
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Adjective

stumpf (comparative stumpfer, superlative am stumpfsten)

  1. dull, blunt
  2. flat (as opposed to pointy)
    • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 551:
      Vor ihnen lag das Dorf mit seinen Strohdächern und dem niedrigen, stumpfen Kirchturm.
      In front of them was the village with its thatched roofs and the small, flat church steeple.

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