tummeln

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German tumeln. Cognate with Bavarian tummln and Luxembourgish tommelen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈtʊml̩n]
  • Hyphenation: tum‧meln
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

tummeln (weak, third-person singular present tummelt, past tense tummelte, past participle getummelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to frisk, romp (move about energetically and cheerfully)
    Die Fische tummeln sich im Wasser.
    The fish are frisking about in the water.
  2. (reflexive, by extension) to abound, to be somewhere in large numbers
  3. (reflexive, regional, especially Austria) to hurry

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Further reading[edit]

  • tummeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • tummeln” in Duden online
  • tummeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • tummeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon