rummachen
German, verb
rummachen is spelled R-U-M-M-A-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rummachen is a German verb meaning “alternative form of herummachen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rummachen is a different word: “gerund of rummachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(etwas) um etwas oder jemanden legen, wickeln”.
What does rummachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialalternative form of herummachen
Er hat ungeschickt an der Türklinke rumgemacht.
- 2
slangto make out, to French-kiss etc.
Hattest du was mit dem? – Naja, wir haben nur rumgemacht.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of rummachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (etwas) um etwas oder jemanden legen, wickeln 2. sich fortgesetzt mit etwas beschäftigen, an etwas zu schaffen machen 3. mit jemandem sexuelle Berührungen austauschen
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 rummachen
- macht rum present singular third-person
- machte rum past
- rumgemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rummachend participle present
- rumzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache rum first-person indicative present
- machen rum first-person indicative plural
- machst rum indicative present second-person
- machest rum second-person singular subjunctive
- machet rum plural second-person subjunctive
- machten rum first-person indicative plural
- machtest rum indicative preterite second-person
- machtet rum indicative plural preterite
- herummachen variant
- mach rum! imperative singular
- mache rum! imperative singular
- macht rum! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is rummachen in German?
rummachen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).