hum

1. intransitive verb,

-mm-

1) summen; [Motor, Maschine, Kreisel:] brummen

hum and ha or haw — (coll.) herumdrucksen (ugs.)

2) (coll.): (be in state of activity) voller Leben od. Aktivität sein

2. transitive verb,

-mm- summen [Melodie, Lied]

3. noun

1) Summen, das; (of spinning top, machinery, engine) Brummen, das

2) (inarticulate sound) Hm, das

3) (of voices, conversation) Gemurmel, das; (of insects and small creatures) Gesumme, das; (of traffic) Brausen, das

4. interjection

hm

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1. past tense, past participle - hummed; verb

1) (to make a musical sound with closed lips: He was humming a tune to himself.) summen

2) (to make a similar sound: The bees were humming round the hive.) summen

3) (to be active: Things are really humming round here.) sich lebhaft bewegen

2. noun

(a humming sound: I could hear the hum of the machines; a hum of conversation.) das Summen

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hum

[hʌm]

I. vi

<-mm->

1. (make sound) engine brummen; small machine, camera surren; bee summen; crowd, audience murmeln

2. (fig: be active) voller Leben sein

the pub was \humming with activity in der Kneipe ging es hoch her

to make things \hum die Sache in Schwung [o fam zum Laufen] bringen

3. (sing) summen

to \hum under one's breath vor sich akk hinsummen

4. BRIT (smell bad) stinken fam

5.

▶ to \hum and haw BRIT, AUS herumdrucksen fam

II. vt

<-mm->

▪ to \hum sth etw summen

III. n Summen nt kein pl; of machinery Brummen nt kein pl; of insects Summen nt kein pl; of a conversation Gemurmel nt kein pl; of a small machine Surren nt kein pl

I could hear the constant \hum of the traffic outside von draußen her konnte ich das stetige Brausen des Verkehrs hören

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[hʌm]

1. n

1) (of insect, person) Summen nt; (of traffic) Brausen nt; (of engine, electric tool, radio, top etc) Brummen nt; (of small machine, camera etc) Surren nt; (of voices) Gemurmel nt

2) (inf: smell) Gestank m (inf)

2. vi

1) (insect, person) summen; (traffic) brausen; (engine, electric tool, radio, top etc) brummen; (small machine, camera etc) surren

the lines were humming with the news (fig) — die Drähte liefen heiß

2) (fig inf party, concert etc) in Schwung kommen

to make things/the party hum — die Sache/die Party in Schwung bringen

the headquarters was humming with activity — im Hauptquartier ging es zu wie in einem Bienenstock

3)

to hum and haw (inf) — herumdrucksen (inf) (over, about um)

4) (inf: smell) stinken (inf)

3. vt

music, tune summen

4. interj

hm

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hum¹ [hʌm]

A v/i

1. summen (Bienen, Draht, Geschoss, Person etc):

my head is humming mir brummt der Kopf

2. ELEK brummen

3. hum and haw

a) nicht recht mit der Sprache herauswollen, herumdrucksen umg,

b) unschlüssig sein, (hin und her) schwanken

4. auch hum with activity umg voller Leben oder Aktivität sein:

make things hum die Sache in Schwung bringen, Leben in die Bude bringen;

things are starting to hum allmählich kommt Schwung in die Sache oder Leben in die Bude

5. umg stinken

B v/t ein Lied summen

C s

1. Summen n

2. ELEK Brummen n:

hum frequency Brummfrequenz f

3. Hm n:

hums and ha’s pl verlegenes Geräusper

4. umg Gestank m

D int hm!

hum² [hʌm] umg → humbug

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1. intransitive verb,

-mm-

1) summen; [Motor, Maschine, Kreisel:] brummen

hum and ha or haw — (coll.) herumdrucksen (ugs.)

2) (coll.): (be in state of activity) voller Leben od. Aktivität sein

2. transitive verb,

-mm- summen [Melodie, Lied]

3. noun

1) Summen, das; (of spinning top, machinery, engine) Brummen, das

2) (inarticulate sound) Hm, das

3) (of voices, conversation) Gemurmel, das; (of insects and small creatures) Gesumme, das; (of traffic) Brausen, das

4. interjection

hm

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v.

summen v.