wummern

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German

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  • Hyphenation: wum‧mern

Verb

wummern (weak, third-person singular present wummert, past tense wummerte, past participle gewummert, auxiliary haben)

  1. an onomatopoeia, to give off a sudden dull sound
    • 2005, Aslı Sevindim, Candlelight Döner. Geschichten über meine deutsch-türkische Familie, Berlin: Ullstein, →ISBN, page 28:
      Außerdem drückt mir mein wummerndes Gehirn gleich die Augen aus dem Kopf. Ich muss kurz verschnaufen und lege mich wieder ins Bett.
      Furthermore my banging brain soon thrutches my eyes out of the head. I need to pause for a breath and put myself into the bed again

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