trampeln
German, verb
trampeln is spelled T-R-A-M-P-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trampeln is a German verb meaning “to crush underfoot, to trample” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trampeln is a different word: “gerund of trampeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit schweren, stampfenden Schritten mehr oder weniger geräuschvoll gehen, ohne Rücksicht auf dadurch etwa…”.
What does trampeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crush underfoot, to trample
- 2
to walk with a heavy step, to lumber, to clomp, to tramp
- 3
to stamp (one's feet)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trampeln
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Trampel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit schweren, stampfenden Schritten mehr oder weniger geräuschvoll gehen, ohne Rücksicht auf dadurch etwa entstehende Schäden 2. mit den Füßen abwechselnd auf den Boden (oder eine andere Unterlage) stampfen
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 trampeln
- trampelt present singular third-person
- trampelte past
- getrampelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- trampelnd participle present
- trample first-person indicative present
- trampele first-person indicative present
- trampel first-person indicative present
- trampelst indicative present second-person
- trampelest second-person singular subjunctive
- tramplest second-person singular subjunctive
- trampelet plural second-person subjunctive
- tramplet plural second-person subjunctive
- trampelten first-person indicative plural
- trampeltest indicative preterite second-person
- trampeltet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trampeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trampeln in German?
trampeln appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).