"pumpern" in English pumpern {v.i.} to pound to beat to thump on the door Detailed translations for "pumpern" pumpern{intransitive verb} 1. South African English, colloquial, Herz pumpern to pound 2. South African English, colloquial pumpern(also: pochen, an die Türe klopfen, hämmern, am Wind segeln) to beat pumpern(also: schlagen, pochen, an die Türe klopfen, hämmern) to pound pumpern(also: pochen, an die Türe klopfen, hämmern) to thump on the door