tummeln

== German == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtʊml̩n] Hyphenation: tum‧meln === Verb === tummeln (weak, third-person singular present tummelt, past tense tummelte, past participle getummelt, auxiliary haben) (reflexive) to frisk, romp (move about energetically and cheerfully) Die Fische tummeln sich im Wasser. ― The fish are frisking about in the water. (reflexive, by extension) to abound, to be somewhere in large numbers (reflexive, regional, especially Austria) to hurry, to get on with something, to get moving Synonyms: beeilen, schicken, sputen, weitertun ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Getümmel, Tümmler Tummelplatz === Further reading === “tummeln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “tummeln” in Duden online “tummeln” in OpenThesaurus.de “tummeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon