baumeln

See also: Baumeln

German

Etymology

17th century, exact etymology is uncertain. Perhaps from Baum (tree) + -eln (frequentative) as in “dangle from a tree”, but more likely an East Central German byform of bammeln, bummeln (both originally “to dangle”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʊ̯məln/
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Verb

baumeln (weak, third-person singular present baumelt, past tense baumelte, past participle gebaumelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to dangle, to hang slack (swaying slightly)
  2. (rare) to relax

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “baumeln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • baumeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • baumeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • baumeln” in Duden online
  • baumeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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