# Trump
## English
### Etymology

The surname has two sources.
* English (Devon): an occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe (“trumpet”).
* German (Bavaria): from German Trump, possibly an occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumbe (“drum”), although the alternative forms Trumpf, Drumpf cannot be derived from this (except by postulating them to be hypercorrections)
* The place in Baltimore county was named after settler Simeon Van Trump.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /tɹʌmp/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌmp
* Homophone: trump

### Proper noun

Trump (countable and uncountable, plural Trumps)
* A surname from German.
** 1861, Anthony Trollope, chapter XXXII, in Orley Farm‎:The house at which he was to lodge had been selected with considerable judgment. It was kept by a tidy old widow known as Mrs. Trump; but those who knew any thing of Hamworth affairs were well aware that Mrs. Trump had been left without a shilling, and could not have taken that snug little house in Paradise Row and furnished it completely out of her own means.
** Donald Trump (b. 1946), a businessman, television personality, and current president of the United States of America (2017-2021, 2025-present).
    Synonyms: (neutral) 45; (derogatory) Cheetolini, Dear Leader, Diaper Don, Donald Trumpet, Drumpf, Forrest Trump, GEOTUS, God Emperor, Mango Mussolini, orange-American, Orange Man, Teflon Don, TFG, Trumperor, Trumpolini, Trumpster, Twitler, Velveeta Voldemort, Zion Don
*** 2017 December 3, Kayleigh Roberts, “Yara Shahidi Just Asked Hillary Clinton About That Very Uncomfortable Trump Debate”, in Harper's BAZAAR‎:During their interview, Shahidi asked Clinton about the uncomfortable second presidential debate, during which Trump stalked her around the stage.
* A ghost town in Park County, Colorado, United States.
* An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

#### Derived terms

* anti-Trumpism
* de-Trumpification
* detrumpify
* Donald Trump
* Donald Trumpesque
* Donald Trumpet
* Donald Trumpian
* Donald Trumpish
* FDT
* Forrest Trump
* mini-Trump
* Never Trumper
* non-Trumper
* Retrumplican
* TDS
* TDSer
* TMTG
* Trumpanzee
* Trump bump
* TrumpCare
* Trumpcession
* Trump country
* Trumpcuck
* Trump derangement syndrome
* Trumpdom
* Trumpean
* Trumpenvolk
* Trumper
* Trumperor
* Trumpery
* Trumpese
* Trumpesque
* Trumpet
* Trumpette
* Trumpflation
* Trumphobia
* Trumpian
* Trumpiana
* Trumpification
* Trumpiness
* Trumpish
* Trumpishness
* Trumpism
* Trumpist
* Trumpista
* Trumpistan
* Trumpite
* Trumpitis
* Trumpkin
* Trumpland
* Trumplandia
* Trumpless
* Trumplessness
* Trumplican
* Trumplike
* Trumpmania
* Trumpness
* Trumpocalypse
* Trumpocrat
* Trumpoid
* Trumpolini
* Trumpologist
* Trumpology
* Trumpomania
* Trumponomics
* Trumpophile
* Trumpophilia
* Trumpophobe
* Trumpophobia
* Trumpophobic
* Trumposphere
* Trump-proof
* Trumpquake
* Trumpski
* Trump slump
* Trumpspeak
* Trumpsplain
* Trumpster
* Trumpster diving
* Trumpster fire
* Trumptard
* Trumptastic
* Trump train
* Trumpublican
* Trumpwave
* Trumpworld
* Trumpy

#### Descendants

* ⇒ Translingual: donaldtrumpi

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Trump is the 8,484th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3,886 individuals. Trump is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.

### See also

* Category:en:Donald Trump

### References

* ↑ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Trump”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 505: “1. English (Devon): metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe ‘trumpet’. 2. German (Bavaria): metonymic occupational name for a drummer, from Middle High German trumpe ‘drum’.”

### Further reading

* “Trump”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “Trump”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
* “Trump”, in Collins English Dictionary.

## German
### Alternative forms

* Trumpf, Drumpf

### Etymology

Possibly from Middle High German trumbe (“drum”); see trommeln (“to drum”) and Trommel (“drum”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Trump m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Trumps or (with an article) Trump, feminine genitive Trump, plural Trumps)
* a surname

#### Descendants

* → English: Trump