drömeln

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Low German drömen (literally to dream).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʁøːməln/
  • Hyphenation: drö‧meln
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Verb

drömeln (weak, third-person singular present drömelt, past tense drömelte, past participle gedrömelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Northern Germany, colloquial, intransitive) to traipse, to dawdle
    Synonym: trödeln
    vor sich hin drömeln(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 2019 October 12, Jens Fischer, “Theater über Rechtsextremismus: Nazis in Schwarz-Weiß”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Weil er zweimal „so einen Araber ein bisschen fertig gemacht hat“, sitzt er nun im Knast. Vater Uli drömelt derweil durch einen öden Security-Job.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading

  • drömeln” in Duden online
  • drömeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache