murmeln
German, verb
murmeln is spelled M-U-R-M-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Murmeln is a German verb meaning “to mumble, to murmur, to mutter (a word, sentence, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Murmeln is a different word: “murmur”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit gedämpfter, fast unverständlicher Stimme sprechen”.
What does murmeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mumble, to murmur, to mutter (a word, sentence, etc.)
Er murmelt etwas im Schlaf.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of murmeln
- 2
neutermurmur
- 3
neutermutter
noun
- 1
plural of Murmel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit gedämpfter, fast unverständlicher Stimme sprechen
verb: 1. mit Murmeln spielen
noun: 1. leises, unverständliches Sprechen
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 murmeln
- Murmelns genitive
- murmelt present singular third-person
- murmelte past
- gemurmelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- murmelnd participle present
- murmle first-person indicative present
- murmele first-person indicative present
- murmel first-person indicative present
- murmelst indicative present second-person
- murmelest second-person singular subjunctive
- murmlest second-person singular subjunctive
- murmelet plural second-person subjunctive
- murmlet plural second-person subjunctive
- murmelten first-person indicative plural
- murmeltest indicative preterite second-person
- murmeltet indicative plural preterite
- murmle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to murmeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is murmeln in German?
murmeln appears 1.1 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).