rüüme

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• rüme (variant spelling)
• ruume (eastern Ripuarian)
• rumme, romme (Siegerland, Westerwald)
• raume, roume (most of Moselle Franconian)
• reime (parts of western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German riumen, from Proto-Germanic *rūmijaną. The sense “to succeed” is generalized from jobs that involve a certain quantity to be cleared away (say, a bucket of potatoes to be peeled, a load of wood to be chopped).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀyːmə/

Verb

rüüme (third-person singular present rüümp or rümmp, past participle jerüümp or jerümmp) (central and western Ripuarian)

1. (usually transitive) to put (something) somewhere else, to move (e.g. a piece of furniture)

   Rüüm dä janze Krom ens op Seck hee!

   Move all this stuff aside please!

2. (intransitive) to go (well), to work out, succeed

   Synonyms: klappe, fluppe

   De Ärbeet hät jot jerümmp. ― The work went well.

   Et well em nix rüüme. ― Nothing works out for him.

Derived terms

• avrüüme
• enrüüme
• fottrüüme
• ömrüüme
• oprüüme
• usrüüme

 

Related terms

• Raum (from Standard German)