bumsen

German

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Etymology

From the Onomatopoeic interjection bums, bum + -sen (iterative suffix). The sexual sense rose to prominence in the mid of the twentieth century, when before rumsen was used the same way, now not known any more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊm.zən], [ˈbʊm.sən], [ˈbʊm.zn̩], [ˈbʊm.sn̩]
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Verb

bumsen (weak, third-person singular present bumst, past tense bumste, past participle gebumst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to thud
  2. (colloquial, somewhat dated) to have sex
    • 1974, Heinrich Böll, Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum [The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum], Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, →ISBN, page 185:
      Er sagte »Na, Blümchen, was machen wir zwei denn jetzt?« Ich sagte kein Wort, wich ins Wohnzimmer zurück, und er kam mir nach und sagte: »Was guckst du mich denn so entgeistert an, mein Blümelein—ich schlage vor, daß wir jetzt erst einmal bumsen
      He said, "Well, Blümchen, what are the two of us doing now?" I didn't say a word, stepped back into the living room, and he came after me and said: "What are you looking at me so disconcerted, my Blümelein - I suggest that we're going to boink now. "

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Further reading

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