An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/trampeln

by Friedrich Kluge

trampeln, verb, from the equivalent Middle High German trampeln, weak verb, ‘to trample’; a Middle German and Low German intensive form from Gothic trimpan, ‘to tread,’ to which a genuine High German form, Middle High German trumpfen, ‘to run,’ is allied; compare English to tramp, trample. The forms Modern High German trappen, ‘to tread noisily,’ Dutch trappen, ‘to tread,’ English (dialectic) to trape, without a nasal, also occur. Compare also Treppe.