Meaning

2 senses
  1. Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.

    I don't know which was worse, the lumpy soup or the lumpy bed.

    klumpig

    having lumps; not smooth and even in texture

  2. Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. I can't sleep on this lumpy mattress.

    deIch kann auf dieser klumpigen Matratze nicht schlafen.

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  2. Ziri sleeps on a lumpy mattress.

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  3. The béchamel's lumpy. I should've sieved the flour beforehand.

    deDie Bechamel-Sauce hat Klümpchen. Ich hätte das Mehl vorher sieben müssen.

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  4. His lumpy bed looked like the cratered surface of the moon.

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  5. If you don't mix the flour and water properly, it'll all go lumpy.

    deWenn du Mehl und Wasser nicht ordentlich mischst, wird das Ganze verklumpen.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
full of lumps:

Forms

lumpier, lumpiest
Comparativelumpier Lesson
Superlativelumpiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • like or containing small sticky lumps:chunky

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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