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German

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Etymology

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Stromer +‎ -ern

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁoːmɐn/
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Verb

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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

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Further reading

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  • stromern” in Duden online
  • stromern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache