Drummel in Low German

Pronunciation: /dɾʊməl/

🔊︎

noun

Syllabication: Drum·mel

Plural: Drummels m de Drummel

[1]

advanced vocabulary

Low Saxon:

kott dick Stück von wat

English:

something short and thick

Dutch:

iets kort en dik

German:

etwas kurzes und dickes

[2]

advanced vocabulary

Low Saxon:

Stück Holt (besünners, wenn dat knastig is), Stück Boomstamm

English:

log

wooden block

Dutch:

houtblok

German:

Holzklotz

Examples:

De Holthackers harrn de Bööm all ümhaut. Bloots Drummels stünnen dor nu noch.

image illustrating the submeaning

Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0

[3]

map

advanced vocabulary

Low Saxon:

Schiethupen

English:

dump

of excrements

German:

Häufchen

Exkremente

Examples:

De Hund hett dor en önnigen Drummel liggen laten.

image illustrating the submeaning

Kulmalukko, Public Domain

[4]

map

peripheral vocabulary

figurative

Low Saxon:

dicke Person

English:

roly-poly

Dutch:

dikkerd

German:

Pummel

Examples:

Korl is ok son Drummel von Keerl. Mehr Buuk as Been.

image illustrating the submeaning

[5]

peripheral vocabulary

Low Saxon:

Düvel

warrt seggt, üm dat Woort Düvel nich uttospreken

English:

devil

speaking in a veiled manner

Dutch:

duivel

verhullend

German:

Teufel

verhüllend

Examples:

Di schall de Drummel halen!

image illustrating the submeaning

Plattmakers is a Low German dictionary that also provides translations in several languages. Get more infos.