trampen
Meaning
to step; to tread
Concepts
Synonyms
den Daumen heraushalten
per Autostopp fahren
trempen
Autostop fahren
autostoppen
Frequency
Hyphenated as
tram‧pen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtʁampən/
Etymology
In summary
A dialectal word which has an unshifted -p- throughout High German. Therefore possibly from Middle Low German trampen, whence also English tramp. Compare also Middle Dutch trampen, whereas only the frequentative trampeln is attested in Middle High German. The word derives from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”).
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