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Etymology edit

From the Onomatopoeic interjection bums, bum +‎ -sen (iterative suffix). The sexual sense rose to prominence in the mid of the twentieth century, when before rumsen was used the same way, now not known any more.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊm.zən], [ˈbʊm.sən], [ˈbʊm.zn̩], [ˈbʊm.sn̩]
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Verb edit

bumsen (weak, third-person singular present bumst, past tense bumste, past participle gebumst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to thud
  2. (colloquial, somewhat dated) to have sex
    • 1974, Heinrich Böll, Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum [The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum], Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, →ISBN, page 185:
      Er sagte »Na, Blümchen, was machen wir zwei denn jetzt?« Ich sagte kein Wort, wich ins Wohnzimmer zurück, und er kam mir nach und sagte: »Was guckst du mich denn so entgeistert an, mein Blümelein—ich schlage vor, daß wir jetzt erst einmal bumsen
      He said, "Well, Blümchen, what are the two of us doing now?" I didn't say a word, stepped back into the living room, and he came after me and said: "What are you looking at me so disconcerted, my Blümelein - I suggest that we're going to boink now. "

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Further reading edit

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