rumspringan.

Brit.

/ˈruːmʃprɪŋə/, U.S.

/ˈrumˌʃprɪŋə/,

/ˈrumˌsprɪŋə/

Forms: 1900s– rumschpringa, 1900s– rumschpringe, 1900s– rumshpringa, 1900s– rumshpringe, 1900s– rumspringa, 1900s– rumspringe.

Origin: A borrowing from Pennsylvania German. Etymons: Pennsylvania German rumspringa, rumschpringe.

Etymology: < Pennsylvania German rumspringa, use as noun of rumspringa (also rumschpringe, etc.) ‘to run around’ < a specific German regional (Central and Southern) use in sense ‘to run around’ of German (colloquial) rumspringen , variant (with elision of the unstressed initial syllable) of herumspringen (which in standard German only means ‘to jump about’) < herum around, about (Middle High German her umb , her umbe ; < her here adv. + umb , umbe umbe adv.) + springen spring v.¹

In some Amish communities: a period of adolescence in which boys and girls are given greater personal freedom and allowed to begin courting, usually beginning around the age of sixteen and ending with the choice of baptism into the church or leaving the community.

ΚΠ

1963 J. A. Hostetler Amish Society vii. 159 The usual age for courtship, called rumspringa (running around), begins for the boy at sixteen, and for the girl at fourteen to sixteen.

1991 M. C. Borntrager Daniel xx. 128 The Amish young folks old enough for Rumschpringe..had singings then.

1998 New Yorker 20 July 32/1 The passage of rumspringa is more a liminal freedom than freedom proper.

2007 J. Mackall Plain Secrets iii. 43 Rumspringa..has been sensationalized in the media with scenes of Amish kids having orgylike parties.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rumspringa
释义	rumspringan. Brit. /ˈruːmʃprɪŋə/, U.S. /ˈrumˌʃprɪŋə/, /ˈrumˌsprɪŋə/ Forms: 1900s– rumschpringa, 1900s– rumschpringe, 1900s– rumshpringa, 1900s– rumshpringe, 1900s– rumspringa, 1900s– rumspringe. Origin: A borrowing from Pennsylvania German. Etymons: Pennsylvania German rumspringa, rumschpringe. Etymology: < Pennsylvania German rumspringa, use as noun of rumspringa (also rumschpringe, etc.) ‘to run around’ < a specific German regional (Central and Southern) use in sense ‘to run around’ of German (colloquial) rumspringen , variant (with elision of the unstressed initial syllable) of herumspringen (which in standard German only means ‘to jump about’) < herum around, about (Middle High German her umb , her umbe ; < her here adv. + umb , umbe umbe adv.) + springen spring v.¹ In some Amish communities: a period of adolescence in which boys and girls are given greater personal freedom and allowed to begin courting, usually beginning around the age of sixteen and ending with the choice of baptism into the church or leaving the community. ΚΠ 1963 J. A. Hostetler Amish Society vii. 159 The usual age for courtship, called rumspringa (running around), begins for the boy at sixteen, and for the girl at fourteen to sixteen. 1991 M. C. Borntrager Daniel xx. 128 The Amish young folks old enough for Rumschpringe..had singings then. 1998 New Yorker 20 July 32/1 The passage of rumspringa is more a liminal freedom than freedom proper. 2007 J. Mackall Plain Secrets iii. 43 Rumspringa..has been sensationalized in the media with scenes of Amish kids having orgylike parties. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1963
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