mummen
German, verb
mummen is spelled M-U-M-M-E-N (6 letters). Mummen is a German verb meaning “to masquerade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mummen is a different word: “plural of Mumme (“mask”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “tief in wärmende Kleidung hüllen”.
What does mummen mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto masquerade
- 2
datedto mumble
noun
- 1
plural of Mumme (“mask”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tief in wärmende Kleidung hüllen 2. sich so kleiden/verkleiden, wie zur Fastnacht üblich, wobei besonders ist, dass das Gesicht verdeckt ist; so verkleidet auftreten 3. ein besonderes Glücksspiel mit Würfeln spielen
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 mummen
- mummt present singular third-person
- mummte past
- gemummt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mummend participle present
- mumme first-person indicative present
- mummst indicative present second-person
- mummest second-person singular subjunctive
- mummet plural second-person subjunctive
- mummten first-person indicative plural
- mummtest indicative preterite second-person
- mummtet indicative plural preterite
- mumm imperative second-person singular
- habe gemummt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gemummt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- mumm! imperative singular
- mumme! imperative singular
- mummt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).