taumeln

From Middle High German tūmeln, from Old High German tūmalōn, tūmilōn, frequentative of tūmōn, ultimately from the root of Dunst (“haze”).[1]

Related with Dutch tuimelen, English tumble, but the phonetics of this root are unclear, as is its relation with Romance words such as French tomber, Spanish tumbar and Portuguese tombar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʊ̯məln/

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• Hyphenation: tau‧meln

taumeln (weak, third-person singular present taumelt, past tense taumelte, past participle getaumelt, auxiliary haben)

1. to sway; to teeter; to stagger (to start to fall or move as though one might fall)

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• Taumeln, Taumel
• taumelnd

• “taumeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “taumeln” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “taumeln” in Duden online