trommeln
German, verb
trommeln is spelled T-R-O-M-M-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trommeln is a German verb meaning “to drum, to beat a drum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trommeln is a different word: “gerund of trommeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch rasches periodisches Schlagen, meist auf einen hohlen Behälter oder das Musikinstrument Trommel, ein…”.
What does trommeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drum, to beat a drum
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trommeln
noun
- 1
plural of Trommel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. trommelndes Geräusch
verb: 1. durch rasches periodisches Schlagen, meist auf einen hohlen Behälter oder das Musikinstrument Trommel, ein rhythmisches Geräusch erzeugen 2. mit den Hinterläufen auf den Boden schlagen 3. Aufmerksamkeit für etwas erzeugen
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 trommeln
- trommelt present singular third-person
- trommelte past
- getrommelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- trommelnd participle present
- trommle first-person indicative present
- trommele first-person indicative present
- trommel first-person indicative present
- trommelst indicative present second-person
- trommelest second-person singular subjunctive
- trommlest second-person singular subjunctive
- trommelet plural second-person subjunctive
- trommlet plural second-person subjunctive
- trommelten first-person indicative plural
- trommeltest indicative preterite second-person
- trommeltet indicative plural preterite
- Trommelns genitive singular
- trommel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trommeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trommeln in German?
trommeln appears 3.6 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).