schrammeln
German, verb[ˈʃʁaml̩n]
schrammeln is spelled S-C-H-R-A-M-M-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written German, the 343,581st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrammeln is a German verb meaning “to strum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Saiteninstrument spielen”.
What does schrammeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to strum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Saiteninstrument 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 schrammeln
- schrammelt present singular third-person
- schrammelte past
- geschrammelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schrammelnd participle present
- schrammle first-person indicative present
- schrammele first-person indicative present
- schrammel first-person indicative present
- schrammelst indicative present second-person
- schrammelest second-person singular subjunctive
- schrammlest second-person singular subjunctive
- schrammelet plural second-person subjunctive
- schrammlet plural second-person subjunctive
- schrammelten first-person indicative plural
- schrammeltest indicative preterite second-person
- schrammeltet indicative plural preterite
- schrammel! imperative singular
- schrammelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schrammeln?
- [ˈʃʁaml̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schrammeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schrammeln in German?
schrammeln appears about once in every 34 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).