rumpeln
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[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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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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