tummeln
German, verb[ˈtʊml̩n]
tummeln is a German verb meaning “to frisk, romp (move about energetically and cheerfully)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich (in großer Zahl) lebhaft bewegen, ausgelassen herumtollen”.
What does tummeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to frisk, romp (move about energetically and cheerfully)
Die Fische tummeln sich im Wasser.
- 2
to abound, to be somewhere in large numbers
- 3
Austriato hurry, to get on with something, to get moving
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich (in großer Zahl) lebhaft bewegen, ausgelassen herumtollen 2. sich beeilen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tummeln
- tummelt present singular third-person
- tummelte past
- getummelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- tummelnd participle present
- tummle first-person indicative present
- tummele first-person indicative present
- tummel first-person indicative present
- tummelst indicative present second-person
- tummelest second-person singular subjunctive
- tummlest second-person singular subjunctive
- tummelet plural second-person subjunctive
- tummlet plural second-person subjunctive
- tummelten first-person indicative plural
- tummeltest indicative preterite second-person
- tummeltet indicative plural preterite
- tummle! imperative singular
- tummelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tummeln?
- [ˈtʊml̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tummeln in German?
tummeln appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).