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German
Etymology
rums + -en, the first element being an onomatopoeia used to describe the impact of something dropping.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: rum‧sen
Verb
rumsen (weak, third-person singular present rumst, past tense rumste, past participle gerumst, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to bang
- (obsolete, vulgar) to tussle or scuffle sportively, to do some fuckry with someone
- Synonyms: sich mutwillig balgen, scherzen, sich rammeln
- (obsolete, vulgar) to have one's wicked way with, to jape
- Synonyms: rummachen, bumsen, sich rammeln
1420±50, Adelbert Keller, Gesta Romanorum: das iſt: Der Rœmer tat., Quedlinburg und Leipzig: Gottfr. Basse, page 69:Man liſet daz ein leb vnd lebynn vnd eyn liebhart . ein Chůnig hiet erzogen. Vnd die tier hiet er gar liep vnd da der leb . ains tags nicht da waz . do liebet ſich die lebynne mit dem liebhart zů rumſchen. Vnd der leb icht enpfv̊nd den geſtanch an ir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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