mümmeln
German, verb/ˈmʏməln/
mümmeln is spelled M-Ü-M-M-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written German, the 549,996th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mümmeln is a German verb meaning “to nibble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schnell kauen (bei Hasen und Kaninchen)”.
What does mümmeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nibble
Der Hase mümmelt eine Möhre.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schnell kauen (bei Hasen und Kaninchen) 2. kauen (bei zahnlosen Menschen)
verb: 1. undeutlich sprechen, (so wie es sich vielleicht anhört, wenn man zahnlos ist) 2. beim Essen kleine Bissen gut durchkauen, (so wie es Kaninchen tun)
verb: 1. etwas Weiches, Schützendes, wie zum Beispiel eine Decke, eng um den ganzen Körper schlingen, so dass man sich darin geborgen und gewärmt fühlt
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 mümmeln
- mümmelt present singular third-person
- mümmelte past
- gemümmelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mümmelnd participle present
- mümmle first-person indicative present
- mümmele first-person indicative present
- mümmel first-person indicative present
- mümmelst indicative present second-person
- mümmelest second-person singular subjunctive
- mümmlest second-person singular subjunctive
- mümmelet plural second-person subjunctive
- mümmlet plural second-person subjunctive
- mümmelten first-person indicative plural
- mümmeltest indicative preterite second-person
- mümmeltet indicative plural preterite
- mümmle! imperative singular
- mümmele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mümmeln?
- /ˈmʏməln/
- [ˈmʏml̩n]
- [ˈmʊml̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mümmeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mümmeln in German?
mümmeln appears about once in every 78 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).