rumpeln

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German rumpeln, from Middle Low German rumpelen, ultimately onomatopoeic iteratives.[1]

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  • Hyphenation: rum‧peln

Verb

rumpeln (weak, third-person singular present rumpelt, past tense rumpelte, past participle gerumpelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (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.
      It happened in a small town not far from La Junta in Colorado. In the beautiful summer morning, the freight train rumbeled in, stopped, and rumbeled to and fro again. And then there was quiet.

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References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “rumpeln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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