trampen
German
    
    Etymology 1
    
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”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈtʁampən/, [ˈtʁampən], [ˈtʁampm̩].
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- Hyphenation: tram‧pen
Verb
    
trampen (weak, third-person singular present trampt, past tense trampte, past participle getrampt, auxiliary sein)
Conjugation
    
| infinitive | trampen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | trampend | ||||
| past participle | getrampt | ||||
| auxiliary | sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich trampe | wir trampen | i | ich trampe | wir trampen | 
| du trampst | ihr trampt | du trampest | ihr trampet | ||
| er trampt | sie trampen | er trampe | sie trampen | ||
| preterite | ich trampte | wir trampten | ii | ich trampte1 | wir trampten1 | 
| du tramptest | ihr tramptet | du tramptest1 | ihr tramptet1 | ||
| er trampte | sie trampten | er trampte1 | sie trampten1 | ||
| imperative | tramp (du) trampe (du) | trampt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Etymology 2
    
From English tramp, from Middle Low German trampen and/or Middle Dutch trampen, thus originally the same word as etymology 1 above.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛmpən/, /ˈtɹɛmpən/
Verb
    
trampen (weak, third-person singular present trampt, past tense trampte, past participle getrampt, auxiliary sein)
- to hitchhike; to tramp
- Synonym: per Anhalter fahren
 
Conjugation
    
| infinitive | trampen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | trampend | ||||
| past participle | getrampt | ||||
| auxiliary | sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich trampe | wir trampen | i | ich trampe | wir trampen | 
| du trampst | ihr trampt | du trampest | ihr trampet | ||
| er trampt | sie trampen | er trampe | sie trampen | ||
| preterite | ich trampte | wir trampten | ii | ich trampte1 | wir trampten1 | 
| du tramptest | ihr tramptet | du tramptest1 | ihr tramptet1 | ||
| er trampte | sie trampten | er trampte1 | sie trampten1 | ||
| imperative | tramp (du) trampe (du) | trampt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.