sich tummeln
[ˈtʊml̩n] verb C2- to frisk, romp (move about energetically and cheerfully) · Die Fische tummeln sich im Wasser. The fish are frisking about in the water.
- to abound, to be somewhere in large numbers
- to hurry, to get on with something, to get moving
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- sich tummeln
- Present (er)
- tummelt sich
- Präteritum (er)
- tummelte sich
- Perfekt (er)
- hat sich getummelt
- Infinitive with zu
- zu tummeln
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