murmeln
to mumble, to mutter
- Past (Präteritum)
- murmelte
- Past participle
- gemurmelt (haben)
A regular weak verb. It describes speaking in a low, often unclear voice, especially when expressing discontent or contentment to oneself as in the text example 'Endlich!'. This verb is often used in literary contexts to denote quiet speech or interior monologue spoken aloud without a specific addressee in mind or when one wants to be discrete/unheard by others nearby as well as when someone is shy or confused. It is commonly used in direct speech tags or descriptions of low, rhythmic background sounds like 'der Bach murmelt'. This verb is quite versatile and essentially acts as a synonym for 'leise sprechen' (to speak softly/mutter). While it can be transitive in some poetic contexts (something can be mumbled), it is usually intransitive or used with direct speech as a reporting verb as in the text example. It does not normally form prefixes with the common separable or inseparable prefixes like 'be-', 'ver-', 'aus-', 'auf-' or others which change its fundamental meaning; therefore no common compounds are provided here as they are either archaic or non-existent in modern standard German. This verb is regular in its inflectional forms, adhering strictly to the weak conjugation pattern -te/-ten/t.
Conjugation
Present
- murmelt
- present, singular, third-person
- murmle
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- murmele
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- murmel
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- murmeln
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- murmelst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- murmelte
- past
- murmelten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- murmeltest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- murmeltet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- murmele
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- murmle
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- murmeln
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- murmelest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- murmlest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- murmelet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- murmlet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- murmelte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- murmelten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- murmeltest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- murmeltet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gemurmelt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gemurmelt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gemurmelt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gemurmelt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gemurmelt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gemurmelt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gemurmelt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gemurmelt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde murmeln
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden murmeln
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest murmeln
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet murmeln
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde murmeln
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden murmeln
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest murmeln
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet murmeln
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gemurmelt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gemurmelt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gemurmelt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- murmle
- imperative, second-person, singular
- murmel
- imperative, second-person, singular
- murmele
- imperative, second-person, singular
- murmelt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gemurmelt
- participle, past
- murmelnd
- participle, present
Infinitive
- murmeln
- infinitive
Other
- Murmeln
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
- habe gemurmelt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gemurmelt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gemurmelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gemurmelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gemurmelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gemurmelt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gemurmelt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gemurmelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gemurmelt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- murmeln werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde murmeln
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden murmeln
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst murmeln
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet murmeln
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird murmeln
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gemurmelt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gemurmelt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gemurmelt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gemurmelt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gemurmelt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gemurmelt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person