Gerümpel
German, noun/ɡəˈʁʏmpl̩/
Gerümpel is spelled G-E-R-Ü-M-P-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerümpel is a German neuter noun meaning “junk, litter, trash, rubbish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “altes, abgenutztes Gerät oder wertloses Zeug; alte, nicht mehr brauchbare Gegenstände”.
What does Gerümpel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterjunk, litter, trash, rubbish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. altes, abgenutztes Gerät oder wertloses Zeug; alte, nicht mehr brauchbare Gegenstände
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 Gerümpel
- Gerümpels genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gerümpel?
- /ɡəˈʁʏmpl̩/
- [ɡəˈʁʏmpl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gerümpel in German?
Gerümpel appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).