rammeln
German, verb/ˈʁaml̩n/
rammeln is spelled R-A-M-M-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rammeln is a German verb meaning “to copulate, to mate (of animals, especially lagomorphs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “heftig an etwas rütteln”.
What does rammeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to copulate, to mate (of animals, especially lagomorphs)
- 2
colloquialto tussle, to scuffle
- 3
colloquialto bump into, to collide with
- 4
to shake, to jolt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. heftig an etwas rütteln 2. miteinander balgen 3. sich paaren 4. Geschlechtsverkehr haben
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 rammeln
- rammelt present singular third-person
- rammelte past
- gerammelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rammelnd participle present
- rammle first-person indicative present
- rammele first-person indicative present
- rammel first-person indicative present
- rammelst indicative present second-person
- rammelest second-person singular subjunctive
- rammlest second-person singular subjunctive
- rammelet plural second-person subjunctive
- rammlet plural second-person subjunctive
- rammelten first-person indicative plural
- rammeltest indicative preterite second-person
- rammeltet indicative plural preterite
- rammle! imperative singular
- rammele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rammeln?
- /ˈʁaml̩n/
- [ˈʁaml̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rammeln in German?
rammeln appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).