herbeieilen
German, verb[hɛʁˈbaɪˌaɪ̯lən]
herbeieilen is spelled H-E-R-B-E-I-E-I-L-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 352,658th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herbeieilen is a German verb meaning “to come running” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich schnell an den Ort begeben, wo jemand oder etwas ist”.
What does herbeieilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to come running
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich schnell an den Ort begeben, wo jemand oder etwas ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of herbeieilen
- eilt herbei present singular third-person
- eilte herbei past
- herbeigeeilt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- herbeieilend participle present
- herbeizueilen infinitive infinitive-zu
- eile herbei first-person indicative present
- eilen herbei first-person indicative plural
- eilst herbei indicative present second-person
- eilest herbei second-person singular subjunctive
- eilet herbei plural second-person subjunctive
- eilten herbei first-person indicative plural
- eiltest herbei indicative preterite second-person
- eiltet herbei indicative plural preterite
- eil herbei! imperative singular
- eile herbei! imperative singular
- eilt herbei! imperative plural
- herbeigeeilt sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herbeieilen?
- [hɛʁˈbaɪˌaɪ̯lən]
- [hɛɐ̯ˈbaɪ̯ˌʔaɪ̯lən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herbeieilen in German?
herbeieilen appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).