bummeln
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]17th century, for “to swing, waver” (of the clapper of a bell), iterative formation from onomatopoeic bim-bam-bum for the sound of a bell; compare bimmeln (“to ring”). From this Low German bummeln (18th c.) in the contemporary sense. Related with baumeln (likely an alteration after Baum) and Bommel (“bobble”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bummeln (weak, third-person singular present bummelt, past tense bummelte, past participle gebummelt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to slack, to dawdle
- to stroll, to ramble
- Synonym: schlendern
- Archaic form of baumeln (“to hang slack, dangle”).
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | bummeln | ||||
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present participle | bummelnd | ||||
past participle | gebummelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bummle ich bummele ich bummel |
wir bummeln | i | ich bummele ich bummle |
wir bummeln |
du bummelst | ihr bummelt | du bummelest du bummlest |
ihr bummelet ihr bummlet | ||
er bummelt | sie bummeln | er bummele er bummle |
sie bummeln | ||
preterite | ich bummelte | wir bummelten | ii | ich bummelte1 | wir bummelten1 |
du bummeltest | ihr bummeltet | du bummeltest1 | ihr bummeltet1 | ||
er bummelte | sie bummelten | er bummelte1 | sie bummelten1 | ||
imperative | bummle (du) bummel (du) bummele (du) |
bummelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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- German onomatopoeias
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