Schlumpf

 

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Die Schlümpfe

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• IPA^(key): /ʃlʊmpf/, [ʃlʊmp͡f], [ʃlʊmf]

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• Rhymes: -ʊmpf

Alteration of French schtroumpf, itself probably from German Strumpf (“stocking”). Whether the form was coined at random by the German translator or whether it was influenced by the surname below or perhaps by some other word, appears to be unknown.^[1]

Schlumpf m (strong, genitive Schlumpfes or Schlumpfs, plural Schlümpfe, feminine Schlumpfine or Schlümpfin)

1. (comics, fiction) smurf
2. hoodie, hooded sweatshirt

• schlumpfen, schlumpfig
• Schlumpfine, Schlumpfhausen

• Schlumpfeis
• Schlumpfhilde
• Schlumpfenland
• Verschlumpfung

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Seems to be southern German, Austrian, Swiss.”)

Schlumpf m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Schlumpfs or (with an article) Schlumpf, plural Schlumpfs or Schlumpf)

1. a surname