rommelen

Dutch

Etymology

Of imitative origin, cognate with English rumble, German rummeln.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔmələn

Verb

rommelen

  1. to rumble (make a rumbling sound)
  2. to mess around, fiddle
    Synonym: prutsen

Conjugation

Conjugation of rommelen (weak)
infinitive rommelen
past singular rommelde
past participle gerommeld
infinitive rommelen
gerund rommelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rommel rommelde
2nd person sing. (jij) rommelt, rommel2 rommelde
2nd person sing. (u) rommelt rommelde
2nd person sing. (gij) rommelt rommelde
3rd person singular rommelt rommelde
plural rommelen rommelden
subjunctive sing.1 rommele rommelde
subjunctive plur.1 rommelen rommelden
imperative sing. rommel
imperative plur.1 rommelt
participles rommelend gerommeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rommelen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute