poltern

v/i

1. (hat gepoltert) make a racket; (fallen) crash; polternd umfallen fall over (oder down) with a crash

2. (ist) (sich polternd bewegen) rumble (along); der LKW polterte durch die Straße the lorry (Am. truck) rumbled down the street

3. (hat) umg. (schimpfen) rant and rave

4. (hat) am Vorabend der Hochzeit: have an eve-of-the-wedding party

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das Poltern

bluster

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pọl|tern ['pɔltɐn]

vi

1) (= Krach machen) to crash about; (= polternd umfallen) to go crash

die Kinder poltern oben — the children are crashing about or banging about upstairs, the children are making a din or racket (inf) upstairs

was hat da eben so gepoltert? — what was that crash or bang?

es fiel polternd zu Boden — it crashed to the floor, it fell with a crash to the floor

es polterte fürchterlich, als er ... — there was a terrific crash or bang when he ...

es poltert (an der Tür/vor dem Haus) — there's a real racket (inf) or din going on (at the door/ in front of the house)

an die Tür poltern — to thump or bang on the door

2) aux sein (= sich laut bewegen) to crash, to bang

über das Pflaster poltern — to clatter over the cobbles

3) (inf = schimpfen) to rant (and rave), to carry on (inf)

4) (inf = Polterabend feiern) to celebrate on the eve of a wedding

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crash

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pol·tern

[ˈpɔltɐn]

vi

1. Hilfsverb: haben (rumpeln) to crash, to bang, to make a racket

da poltert es an der Tür there's a banging on the door

2. Hilfsverb: sein (krachend fallen)

▪ irgendwohin \poltern to go crashing somewhere

der Schrank polterte die Treppe hinunter the wardrobe went crashing down the stairs

3. Hilfsverb: sein (lärmend gehen)

▪ irgendwohin \poltern to stump [or stomp] [or clump] somewhere

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intransitives Verb

1) (lärmen) crash or thump about

es poltert — there is a bang or crash

2) mit sein

der Karren polterte über das Pflaster — the cart clattered over the cobblestones

3) (schimpfen) rant [and rave]

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poltern v/i

1. (hat gepoltert) make a racket; (fallen) crash;

polternd umfallen fall over (oder down) with a crash

2. (ist) (sich polternd bewegen) rumble (along);

der LKW polterte durch die Straße the lorry (US truck) rumbled down the street

3. (hat) umg (schimpfen) rant and rave

4. (hat) am Vorabend der Hochzeit: have an eve-of-the-wedding party

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intransitives Verb

1) (lärmen) crash or thump about

es poltert — there is a bang or crash

2) mit sein

der Karren polterte über das Pflaster — the cart clattered over the cobblestones

3) (schimpfen) rant [and rave]

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v.

to jangle v.

to rumble v.