tummeln
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German tumeln, from a different ablaut form of the root that also gives taumeln (“to sway, teeter”). Cognate with Bavarian tummln and Luxembourgish tommelen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tummeln (weak, third-person singular present tummelt, past tense tummelte, past participle getummelt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to frisk, romp (move about energetically and cheerfully)
- Die Fische tummeln sich im Wasser.
- The fish are frisking about in the water.
- (reflexive, by extension) to abound, to be somewhere in large numbers
- (reflexive, regional, especially Austria) to hurry
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | tummeln | ||||
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present participle | tummelnd | ||||
past participle | getummelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich tummle ich tummele ich tummel |
wir tummeln | i | ich tummele ich tummle |
wir tummeln |
du tummelst | ihr tummelt | du tummelest du tummlest |
ihr tummelet ihr tummlet | ||
er tummelt | sie tummeln | er tummele er tummle |
sie tummeln | ||
preterite | ich tummelte | wir tummelten | ii | ich tummelte1 | wir tummelten1 |
du tummeltest | ihr tummeltet | du tummeltest1 | ihr tummeltet1 | ||
er tummelte | sie tummelten | er tummelte1 | sie tummelten1 | ||
imperative | tummle (du) tummel (du) tummele (du) |
tummelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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