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er wimmelt

teems, is swarming, brushes off, fobs off

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wimmel teem; swarm + t 3rd-person singular or 2nd-person plural present; 2nd-person plural imperative
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person plural, present tense / 2nd-person plural Rare #41,389
teems, is swarming Usually used with von to say that a place is full of something.
GE: Der Garten wimmelt von Bienen.
EN: The garden is teeming with bees.
brushes off, fobs off In this meaning, wimmelt is used with the separate particle ab: jemanden abwimmeln.
GE: Sie wimmelt ihn mit einer Ausrede ab.
EN: She brushes him off with an excuse.
Conjugation of wimmeln
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Second — wimmelt
Third wimmelt —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second — wimmelt

Sie wimmelt mich immer nur ab.

She just keeps brushing me off.

— Suzume (2022)

Hör auf, hier wimmelt's von Bullen.

Stop, this place is crawling with cops.

— Taxi (1998)

Aber da wimmelt's ja nur so von Erdbeben.

But it's absolutely teeming with earthquakes there.

— Manitou's Shoe (2001)

Es wimmelt von Bullen.

It’s crawling with cops.

— GoodFellas (1990)

Es wimmelt nur so von Spinnen.

It’s crawling with spiders.