trampen

From English tramp, from Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see English trample) or from Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʁɛmpən/, /ˈtɹɛmpən/

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• Hyphenation: tram‧pen

trampen (weak, third-person singular present trampt, past tense trampte, past participle getrampt, auxiliary sein)

1. to hitchhike

   Synonym: per Anhalter fahren

2. (rare, dated) to tramp

• Tramper

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A dialectal word which has an unshifted -p- throughout High German. Therefore possibly from Middle Low German trampen, whence also English tramp. Compare also Middle Dutch trampen, whereas only the frequentative trampeln is attested in Middle High German. The word derives from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʁampən/, , .

trampen (weak, third-person singular present trampt, past tense trampte, past participle getrampt, auxiliary sein)

1. (archaic or dialectal) to step; to tread

• Trampen
• trampeln

trampen

1. definite singular of tramp c (“tramp (cargo ship without fixed routes)”)
2. definite plural of tramp n (“step, footprint”)