bummeln.
to slack, to dawdle
Meaning & usage
to slack, to dawdle
to stroll, to ramble
archaic form of baumeln (“to hang slack, dangle”)
Where this word comes from
17th century, for “to swing, waver” (of the clapper of a bell), iterative formation from onomatopoeic bim-bam-bum for the sound of a bell; compare bimmeln (“to ring”). From this Low German bummeln (18th c.) in the contemporary sense. Related with baumeln (likely an alteration after Baum) and Bommel (“bobble”).
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