herrühren
[ˈheːɐ̯ˌʁyːʁən]
The verdict
“herrühren” is uncommon German (frequency #69,350 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,350
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf etwas oder jemanden zurückzuführen sein, seinen Grund/seine Ursache in etwas oder jemandem haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-herruhren · herrühren · German
herrühren · rank #69,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,350
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hergehen
Nearest frequency peer: hergehen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “herrühren”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- herabsetzen
herabsetzen
30,654 corpus weight
- heraufbesch…
heraufbeschwören
30,653 corpus weight
- hergehen
hergehen
30,652 corpus weight
- herrühren
herrühren
30,651 corpus weight
- herrührt
herrührt
30,650 corpus weight
- Herzinfarkte
Herzinfarkte
30,648 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “herrühren” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herrühren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈheːɐ̯ˌʁyːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “herrühren” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
herrühren is uncommon German at frequency #69,350 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈheːɐ̯ˌʁyːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf etwas oder jemanden zurückzuführen sein, seinen Grund/seine Ursache in etwas oder jemandem haben".
No misspelling variants are generated for herrühren in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is herrühren, spelled H-E-R-R-Ü-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf etwas oder jemanden zurückzuführen sein, seinen Grund/seine Ursache in etwas oder jemandem haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herrühren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihre panische Angst vor Hunden rührt von einem schockierenden Kindheitserlebnis her.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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