rumsen

German

Alternative forms

  • rumschen, rumseln (dialectal)

Etymology

rums + -en, the first element being an onomatopoeia used to describe the impact of something dropping.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁʊmzn̩], [ˈʁʊmsn̩]
  • Hyphenation: rum‧sen
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Verb

rumsen (weak, third-person singular present rumst, past tense rumste, past participle gerumst, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to bang [+ gegen (etwas) = against]
  2. (obsolete, vulgar) to tussle or scuffle sportively, to do some fuckry with someone
    Synonyms: sich mutwillig balgen, scherzen, sich rammeln
  3. (obsolete, vulgar) to have one's wicked way with, to jape
    Synonyms: rummachen, bumsen, sich rammeln
    • 1420±50, Adelbert Keller, Gesta Romanorum: das iſt: Der Rœmer tat., Quedlinburg und Leipzig: Gottfr. Basse, page 69:
      Man liſet daz ein leb vnd lebynn vnd eyn liebhart . ein Chůnig hiet erzogen. Vnd die tier hiet er gar liep vnd da der leb . ains tags nicht da waz . do liebet ſich die lebynne mit dem liebhart zů rumſchen. Vnd der leb icht enpfv̊nd den geſtanch an ir.
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