poltern

== German == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic, from Middle High German buldern, from Middle Low German bolderen. Compare Polish pultać. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɔltɐn/ Hyphenation: pol‧tern === Verb === poltern (weak, third-person singular present poltert, past tense polterte, past participle gepoltert, auxiliary haben or sein) to rumble 1910, Frances Külpe, Rote Tage, S. Schottländers Schlesische Verlagsanstalt, page 184: 1911, Hermann Löns, Der zweckmäßige Meyer, Sponholtz, page 64: Synonym: rumpeln (figuratively) to rant (To speak or shout at length in an uncontrollable anger.) ==== Usage notes ==== The auxiliary sein is used if the verb describes a rumbling movement into a direction, otherwise the auxiliary haben is used. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Poltern, Polterer, Polterei, Gepolter polternd, polterhaft holterdipolter, holterdiepolter ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “poltern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “poltern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “poltern” in Duden online “poltern” in OpenThesaurus.de