zum

English Online Dictionary. What means zum‎? What does zum mean?

Translingual

Symbol

zum

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kumzari.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Kumzari terms

German

Etymology

A contraction of zu + dem or zu + einem. Compare Dutch ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsuːm/, /tsʊm/

Contraction

zum (+ optional adjective(s) ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

1. Contraction of zu dem (“to the; for the”).
2. Contraction of zu einem (“to a; for a”).

Hunsrik

Etymology

Compare German zum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡suːm/
• Rhymes: -uːm
• Syllabification: zum

Contraction

zum

1. Contraction of zu dem (“to the”).

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “zum”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 182

Indonesian

Etymology

From English zoom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zʊm]
• Hyphenation: zum

Verb

zum

1. to zoom
   1. to change the focal length of a zoom lens
   2. to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it

Synonyms

Further reading

• “zum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsʊm/

Contraction

zum (+ optional adjective(s) ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

1. to or for the (contraction of zu + dem)
2. to or for a (contraction of zu + einem)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Interjection

zum

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of something rushing by

Noun

zum m (plural zuns)

1. Rare spelling of zoom.

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

zum

1. zoom; a humming sound made by an insect's flight

Spanish

Noun

zum m (plural zums)

1. Rare spelling of zoom.

Further reading

• “zum”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sundanese

Noun

zum

1. zoom

Yola

Determiner

zum

1. Alternative form of zim

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 131