wummern
German, verb
wummern is spelled W-U-M-M-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wummern is a German verb meaning “an onomatopoeia, to give off a sudden dull sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wummern is a different word: “gerund of wummern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “tiefe Töne von sich geben”.
What does wummern mean in English?
verb
- 1
an onomatopoeia, to give off a sudden dull sound
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wummern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tiefe Töne von sich geben
noun: 1. wummerndes Geräusch
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 wummern
- wummert present singular third-person
- wummerte past
- gewummert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wummernd participle present
- wummre first-person indicative present
- wummere first-person indicative present
- wummer first-person indicative present
- wummerst indicative present second-person
- wummerest second-person singular subjunctive
- wummrest second-person singular subjunctive
- wummeret plural second-person subjunctive
- wummret plural second-person subjunctive
- wummerten first-person indicative plural
- wummertest indicative preterite second-person
- wummertet indicative plural preterite
- wummer! imperative singular
- wummere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is wummern in German?
wummern appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).