bummeln
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German
Etymology
17th century, for “to swing, waver” (of the clapper of a bell), iterative formation from onomatopoeic bim-bam-bum for the sound of a bell; compare bimmeln (“to ring”). From this Low German bummeln (18th c.) in the contemporary sense. Related with baumeln (likely an alteration after Baum) and Bommel (“bobble”).
Pronunciation
Verb
bummeln (weak, third-person singular present bummelt, past tense bummelte, past participle gebummelt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to slack, to dawdle
- to stroll, to ramble
- Synonym: schlendern
- Archaic form of baumeln (“to hang slack, dangle”).
Conjugation
infinitive | bummeln | ||||
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present participle | bummelnd | ||||
past participle | gebummelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bummle ich bummele ich bummel |
wir bummeln | i | ich bummele ich bummle |
wir bummeln |
du bummelst | ihr bummelt | du bummelest du bummlest |
ihr bummelet ihr bummlet | ||
er bummelt | sie bummeln | er bummele er bummle |
sie bummeln | ||
preterite | ich bummelte | wir bummelten | ii | ich bummelte1 | wir bummelten1 |
du bummeltest | ihr bummeltet | du bummeltest1 | ihr bummeltet1 | ||
er bummelte | sie bummelten | er bummelte1 | sie bummelten1 | ||
imperative | bummle (du) bummel (du) bummele (du) |
bummelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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