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- Pennsylvania German · borrowed fromrumspringe“to jump around”
- English todayrumspringa
Borrowed from Pennsylvania German rumspringe (“to jump around”). Compare German rumspringen.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rumspringa
Today it means: A period of adolescence for some members of the Amish that begins around the age of 14–16 and ends when a youth chooses baptism within the Amish church or instead leaves the community. Full definition →
Pennsylvania German rumspringe