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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”).

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁampən/, [ˈtʁampən], [ˈtʁampm̩].
  • Hyphenation: tram‧pen

trampen (weak, third-person singular present trampt, past tense trampte, past participle getrampt, auxiliary sein)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) to step; to tread

Composed forms of trampen (weak, auxiliary sein)

From English tramp, from Middle Low German trampen and/or Middle Dutch trampen, thus originally the same word as etymology 1 above.

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛmpən/, /ˈtɹɛmpən/

trampen (weak, third-person singular present trampt, past tense trampte, past participle getrampt, auxiliary sein)

  1. to hitchhike; to tramp
    Synonym: per Anhalter fahren

Composed forms of trampen (weak, auxiliary sein)

  • “trampen” in Duden online
  • “trampen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

trampen

  1. definite singular of tramp c (“tramp (cargo ship without fixed routes)”)
  2. definite plural of tramp n (“step, footprint”)