brummen
German, verb
brummen is spelled B-R-U-M-M-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brummen is a German verb meaning “to growl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Brummen is a different word: “mutter”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein langes, tiefes (vibrierendes) Geräusch machen”.
What does brummen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to growl
- 2
to hum
- 3
to boom
noun
- 1
neutermutter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tiefes, vibrierendes Geräusch 2. Erzeugen eines tiefen Geräusches
verb: 1. ein langes, tiefes (vibrierendes) Geräusch machen 2. (undeutlich) mit tiefer Stimme sprechen oder singen 3. undeutlich seine Unzufriedenheit äußern 4. eine Strafe verbüßen
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 brummen
- brummt present singular third-person
- brummte past
- gebrummt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- brummend participle present
- brumme first-person indicative present
- brummst indicative present second-person
- brummest second-person singular subjunctive
- brummet plural second-person subjunctive
- brummten first-person indicative plural
- brummtest indicative preterite second-person
- brummtet indicative plural preterite
- brumm imperative second-person singular
- habe gebrummt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebrummt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- Brummens genitive singular
- brumme! imperative singular
- brumm! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brummen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brummen in German?
brummen appears 1.0 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).