drummel

Swedish

Etymology

Disputed. Held by some to be borrowed from Middle Low German drummel (“lump”), more likely deverbal from drumla. Compare English drumble.

Noun

drummel c

1. someone ill-mannered or (socially) clumsy; an oaf

   Vad kallade du drottningen, din drummel?

   What did you call the Queen, you oaf?

Declension

Declension of drummel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	drummel	drummels
	definite	drummeln	drummelns
plural	indefinite	drumlar	drumlars
	definite	drumlarna	drumlarnas

References

• drummel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• drummel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• drummel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• drummel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)