Амиш жастарының өмірге қадам басқан жолы: Румшпринга

Rite of passage in some Amish and Mennonite Anabaptist communities
the rite of passage

Rumspringa , also spelled Rumschpringe or Rumshpringa, is a rite of passage during adolescence, translated from originally Palatine German and other Southwest German dialects to English as "jumping or hopping around", used in some Amish communities. The Amish, a subsect of the Anabaptist Christian movement, intentionally segregate themselves from other communities as a part of their faith. For Amish youth, the Rumspringa normally begins at age 16 and ends when a youth chooses either to be baptized in the Amish church or to leave the community. For Wenger Mennonites, Rumspringa occurs mostly between ages of 17 and 21. Not all Amish use this term (it does not occur in John A. Hostetler's extended discussion of adolescence among the Amish), but in sects that do, Amish elders generally view it as a time for courtship and finding a spouse. Dialects do not derive from standard languages, but as a cognate, this expression is closely related to the Standard German verb (he)rumspringen meaning "to jump around or about." The Standard German term is a compound word of the adverb herum (around, about) and the verb springen ("to jump"). However, in Swiss German as in some other southern German dialects, springen – besides meaning "to jump" – also means "to run." This term/concept also is used as a separable verb, i. e., rumspringen (to jump around) / er springt rum (he jumps around). In Pennsylvania German, the prefix rum is a contraction of herum – a development which is also all but general to spoken standard German. The infinitive (and gerund) form " a" is standard in Pennsylvania German and other forms of general Upper German.

Levi Miller's 1989 novel Ben's Wayne describes the rumspringa of an 18 year old Amish youth in Holmes County, Ohio, during the fall of 1960. According to Richard A. Stevick, the novel is a realistic portrayal of the rumspringa of that time.

Rumspringa is also mentioned in several biographies of ex Amish like e. g. Ira Wagler's Growing up Amish.

There are several books in the literary genre Amish romance that deal with rumspringa, but mostly with no gain in knowledge about the subject. Levi Miller's novel Ben's Wayne is an exception, since it is a realistic portrayal of rumspringa in 1960. Levi Miller: Ben's Wayne, Intercourse, PA, 1989.

Amish teens throw a wild party which includes Fall Out Boy in the film Sex Drive. A season 6 episode of the sitcom New Girl entitled “Rumspringa” features three of the main characters going on a trip which they refer to as a rumspringa. A season 6 episode of the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny entitled "Dyck's Slip Out" features two characters who go missing on their rumspringa. A season 5 episode of the series Bones features the main characters trying to solve the murder of an Amish teen who was on his rumspringa. A season 5 episode of the drama Cold Case entitled "Running Around" features the main characters trying to solve the murder of an Amish teen who was on her rumspringa. A season 1 episode of the series Longmire entitled "The Dark Road" features the main characters trying to solve the murder of a Mennonite teen who was on her rumspringa. A Netflix movie called Rumspringa was released in 2022 and features the experiences of a young Amish person on Rumspringa in Berlin. Episode 9, Season 10 of ER titled "Missing" has, as its central storyline, 2 Amish teenagers involved in a car collision whilst exploring Chicago. They both must choose whether to return or not. A season 5 episode of the series Magnum P. I. (2018) featured Magnum and Higgins being hired by a young Amish teenager to track down his sister who came to the island for her Rumspringa and never returned. In a season 6 episode of the sitcom 30 Rock, called "Leap Day", Liz Lemon talks about her 'crazy' experience on Rumspringa, after high school.