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

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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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