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tummeln.

to frisk, romp (move about energetically and cheerfully)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈtʊml̩n]
  1. to frisk, romp (move about energetically and cheerfully)

    reflexive · weak
    Die Fische tummeln sich im Wasser.
  2. to abound, to be somewhere in large numbers

    broadly · reflexive · weak
  3. to hurry, to get on with something, to get moving

    Austria · especially · reflexive · regional · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German tumeln, from a different ablaut form of the root that also gives taumeln (“to sway, teeter”). Cognate with Bavarian tummln and Luxembourgish tommelen.

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