rumsen

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German

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Etymology

rums +‎ -en, the first element being an onomatopoeia used to describe the impact of something dropping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): ,
  • Hyphenation: rum‧sen
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Verb

rumsen (weak, third-person singular present rumst, past tense rumste, past participle gerumst, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to bang
  2. (obsolete, vulgar) to tussle or scuffle sportively, to do some fuckry with someone
    Synonyms: sich mutwillig balgen, scherzen, sich rammeln
  3. (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.
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