wimmeln

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German wimelen (hapax, 13th c.), frequentative of wimmen, from Old High German wimmen (“to gush, bubble, move lively”). Cognate with Dutch wemelen, Westphalian Low German wiëmeln. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪməln/, [ˈvɪ.ml̩n] Hyphenation: wim‧meln === Verb === wimmeln (weak, third-person singular present wimmelt, past tense wimmelte, past participle gewimmelt, auxiliary haben) to move about in a confused manner and in large numbers Synonyms: wuseln, sich tummeln to teem, crawl, be filled [with von or vor (+ dative) ‘with’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “wimmeln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “wimmeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “wimmeln” in Duden online “wimmeln” in OpenThesaurus.de