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Rummel

German, noun

Rummel is spelled R-U-M-M-E-L (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rummel is a German masculine noun meaning “bustle, fuss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, rummel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “lärmende Geschäftigkeit; viel Aufhebens”.

What does Rummel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebustle, fuss

    Was soll der ganze Rummel?

  2. 2

    masculinefair, funfair

verb

as rummel
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. lärmende Geschäftigkeit; viel Aufhebens 2. Jahrmarkt 3. Platz, auf dem [2] stattfindet

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 Rummel

  • Rummels genitive
  • Rummeln dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Rummel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Rummel in German?

Rummel appears 1.4 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).

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