herumballern
German, verb[hɛˈʁʊmˌbalɐn]
herumballern is spelled H-E-R-U-M-B-A-L-L-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written German, the 625,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumballern is a German verb meaning “to shoot in all directions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer Waffe mehrmals ungezielt um sich schießen”.
What does herumballern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shoot in all directions
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einer Waffe mehrmals ungezielt um sich schießen
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 herumballern
- ballert herum present singular third-person
- ballerte herum past
- herumgeballert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herumballernd participle present
- herumzuballern infinitive infinitive-zu
- ballre herum first-person indicative present
- ballere herum first-person indicative present
- baller herum first-person indicative present
- ballern herum first-person indicative plural
- ballerst herum indicative present second-person
- ballerest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- ballrest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- balleret herum plural second-person subjunctive
- ballret herum plural second-person subjunctive
- ballerten herum first-person indicative plural
- ballertest herum indicative preterite second-person
- ballertet herum indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumballern?
- [hɛˈʁʊmˌbalɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herumballern in German?
herumballern appears about once in every 98 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).