Trommel

From late Middle High German trummel, diminutive of Old High German trumme, probably of imitative origin. Compare trommeln.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʁɔml̩/

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Trommel f (genitive Trommel, plural Trommeln)

1. drum (musical instrument)
2. drum-shaped part of a machine

   Waschmaschinentrommel

   washing machine drum

   Bremstrommel

   brake drum

   1. (firearms) cylinder of a revolver

• Buschtrommel, Maultrommel, Rahmentrommel, Revolvertrommel

• trommelartig
• trommeln

• Trommler
• Trommelfell, Trommelfeuer, Trommelwirbel

• “Trommel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Trommel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Trommel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Trommel” in Duden online