herumdoktern
German, verb/hɛˈʁʊmˌdɔktɐn/
herumdoktern is spelled H-E-R-U-M-D-O-K-T-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumdoktern is a German verb meaning “to tinker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dilettantisch versuchen, jemanden zu heilen”.
What does herumdoktern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tinker
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dilettantisch versuchen, jemanden zu heilen 2. planlos versuchen, etwas zu reparieren, etwas besser zu machen
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 herumdoktern
- doktert herum present singular third-person
- dokterte herum past
- herumgedoktert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herumdokternd participle present
- herumzudoktern infinitive infinitive-zu
- doktre herum first-person indicative present
- doktere herum first-person indicative present
- dokter herum first-person indicative present
- doktern herum first-person indicative plural
- dokterst herum indicative present second-person
- dokterest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- doktrest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- dokteret herum plural second-person subjunctive
- doktret herum plural second-person subjunctive
- dokterten herum first-person indicative plural
- doktertest herum indicative preterite second-person
- doktertet herum indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumdoktern?
- /hɛˈʁʊmˌdɔktɐn/
- [hɛˈʁʊmˌdɔktɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herumdoktern in German?
herumdoktern appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).