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German
Etymology
Stromer + -ern
Pronunciation
Verb
stromern (weak, third-person singular present stromert, past tense stromerte, past participle gestromert, auxiliary sein)
- (colloquial) to roam around, tramp
- Synonyms: streunen, umherstreifen
2014, Wolfgang Krege, transl., Der Herr der Ringe, volume 1, Klett-Cotta, translation of Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, →ISBN:Als er in den Spiegel blickte, sah er verdutzt einen viel dünneren Frodo Beutlin, als er in Erinnerung hatte: Der da sah ganz wie Bilbos junger Neffe aus, der einst mit seinem Onkel durchs Auenland gestromert war.- Looking in a mirror he was startled to see a much thinner reflection of himself than he remembered: it looked remarkably like the young nephew of Bilbo who used to go tramping with his uncle in the Shire
Conjugation
Conjugation of
stromern (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
stromern (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
Further reading
- “stromern” in Duden online
- “stromern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache