stromern

stromern

German

Etymology

    Stromer +‎ -ern

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁoːmɐn/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Verb

    stromern (weak, third-person singular present stromert, past tense stromerte, past participle gestromert, auxiliary sein)

    1. (colloquial) to roam around, tramp
      Synonyms: streunen, umherstreifen
      • 2014, Wolfgang Krege, transl., Der Herr der Ringe[1], volume 1, Klett-Cotta, translation of Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, →ISBN:
        Als er in den Spiegel blickte, sah er verdutzt einen viel dünneren Frodo Beutlin, als er in Erinnerung hatte: Der da sah ganz wie Bilbos junger Neffe aus, der einst mit seinem Onkel durchs Auenland gestromert war.
        Looking in a mirror he was startled to see a much thinner reflection of himself than he remembered: it looked remarkably like the young nephew of Bilbo who used to go tramping with his uncle in the Shire []

    Conjugation

    Further reading

    • stromern” in Duden online
    • stromern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)