rumpeln
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German rumpeln, from Middle Low German rumpelen, ultimately onomatopoeic iteratives.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]rumpeln (weak, third-person singular present rumpelt, past tense rumpelte, past participle gerumpelt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to rumble (to emit a heavy, low-pitched tumbling sound)
- Synonym: poltern
- 1911, Erwin Rosen [pseudonym; Erwin Carlé], Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika [The German prankster in America], page 198:
- Es war in einem kleinen Städtchen nicht weit von La Junta in Colorado. Der Frachtzug rumpelte in dem prachtvollen Sommermorgen dahin, hielt, rumpelte wieder hin und her. Und dann war Ruhe.
- It happened in a small town not far from La Junta in Colorado. In the beautiful summer morning, the freight train rumbeled in, stopped, and rumbeled to and fro again. And then there was quiet.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | rumpeln | ||||
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present participle | rumpelnd | ||||
past participle | gerumpelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich rumple ich rumpele ich rumpel |
wir rumpeln | i | ich rumpele ich rumple |
wir rumpeln |
du rumpelst | ihr rumpelt | du rumpelest du rumplest |
ihr rumpelet ihr rumplet | ||
er rumpelt | sie rumpeln | er rumpele er rumple |
sie rumpeln | ||
preterite | ich rumpelte | wir rumpelten | ii | ich rumpelte1 | wir rumpelten1 |
du rumpeltest | ihr rumpeltet | du rumpeltest1 | ihr rumpeltet1 | ||
er rumpelte | sie rumpelten | er rumpelte1 | sie rumpelten1 | ||
imperative | rumple (du) rumpel (du) rumpele (du) |
rumpelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “rumpeln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “rumpeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “rumpeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “rumpeln (poltern, rütteln, fahren)” in Duden online
- “rumpeln (waschen, knittern)” in Duden online
- “rumpeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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