Meaning
4 sensesThe hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
Kruppe
крупkrup
A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
The buttocks.
Gesäß
the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
A remnant, as in Rump Parliament.
Examples
2 sentencesWhere does rump roast come from?
Sometimes I feel like kicking my own rump.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
the hindquarters of an animal:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the hindquarters of an animal:
the buttocks:
Origin
From Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“thFrom Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rumpō (“trunk of a tree, log”). The ultimate origin could be related to Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle”) (Dutch rimpel and German rümpfen (“to wrinkle”)); outside of Germanic, compare Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos, “crooked beak”).
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