fummeln
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German fummelen, fimmelen, perhaps ultimately imitative of fumbling.[1] Or, from Proto-Indo-European *pal- (“to shake, swing”), see also Latin palpo (“I pat, touch softly”), and possibly Proto-Germanic *fōlijaną (“to feel”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʊməln/, [ˈfʊməln], [ˈfʊml̩n]
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Verb
fummeln (weak, third-person singular present fummelt, past tense fummelte, past participle gefummelt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | fummeln | ||||
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present participle | fummelnd | ||||
past participle | gefummelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fummle ich fummele ich fummel |
wir fummeln | i | ich fummele ich fummle |
wir fummeln |
du fummelst | ihr fummelt | du fummelest du fummlest |
ihr fummelet ihr fummlet | ||
er fummelt | sie fummeln | er fummele er fummle |
sie fummeln | ||
preterite | ich fummelte | wir fummelten | ii | ich fummelte1 | wir fummelten1 |
du fummeltest | ihr fummeltet | du fummeltest1 | ihr fummeltet1 | ||
er fummelte | sie fummelten | er fummelte1 | sie fummelten1 | ||
imperative | fummle (du) fummel (du) fummele (du) |
fummelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fumble”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2313, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2313
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