duim – Dutch noun declension

Noun: duim
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Sg.	duim
Pl.	duimen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like duim

motiveering, Duitse herdershond, urilift, vervolmaking, elektrische spanning, ovenfriet, winteravond, weervrouw, besteding, bloemenveiling, vertakking, tintinofiel, synaps, olieraffinaderij, vliegtuigkaping, sawaslang, verzetting, afrondfout, druivenoogst, wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Middle Dutch dume, from Old Dutch *thūmo, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.
2. Compare West Frisian tomme, Low German Dumen, German Daumen, English thumb, Danish tomme, Swedish tumme. See: German Nouns 'Daumen', English Nouns 'thumb', Danish Nouns 'tomme', Swedish Nouns 'tumme'.

Verbs referencing "duim"

English Nouns thumb, German Nouns Daumen, Old English Nouns þuma, Russian Nouns дюйм.

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