bimmeln
German, verb
bimmeln is spelled B-I-M-M-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bimmeln is a German verb meaning “to jingle; to chime (make the sound of a small bell)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bimmeln is a different word: “gerund of bimmeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer helltönenden Glocke läuten”.
What does bimmeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jingle; to chime (make the sound of a small bell)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of bimmeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einer helltönenden Glocke läuten
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 bimmeln
- bimmelt present singular third-person
- bimmelte past
- gebimmelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bimmelnd participle present
- bimmle first-person indicative present
- bimmele first-person indicative present
- bimmel first-person indicative present
- bimmelst indicative present second-person
- bimmelest second-person singular subjunctive
- bimmlest second-person singular subjunctive
- bimmelet plural second-person subjunctive
- bimmlet plural second-person subjunctive
- bimmelten first-person indicative plural
- bimmeltest indicative preterite second-person
- bimmeltet indicative plural preterite
- bimmle! imperative singular
- bimmele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is bimmeln in German?
bimmeln appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).