See also: Baumeln

German edit

Etymology edit

17th century, exact etymology is uncertain. Perhaps from Baum (tree) +‎ -eln (frequentative) as in “dangle from a tree”, but more likely an East Central German byform of bammeln, bummeln (both originally “to dangle”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baʊ̯məln/
  • (file)

Verb edit

baumeln (weak, third-person singular present baumelt, past tense baumelte, past participle gebaumelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to dangle, to hang slack (swaying slightly)
  2. (rare) to relax

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “baumeln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • baumeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • baumeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • baumeln” in Duden online
  • baumeln” in OpenThesaurus.de