rappeln

German

Etymology

From Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Compare Luxembourgish rabbelen, Danish rappe (“to make haste”), Swedish rappa (“to strike, beat, rap”), English rap.

Pronunciation
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Verb

rappeln (weak, third-person singular present rappelt, past tense rappelte, past participle gerappelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rattle, to clatter

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “rappeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “rappeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “rappeln” in Duden online
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