herumdrehen
German, verb
herumdrehen is spelled H-E-R-U-M-D-R-E-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumdrehen is a German verb meaning “to turn, to turn around, to reverse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herumdrehen is a different word: “gerund of herumdrehen”.
What does herumdrehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn, to turn around, to reverse
- 2
to wheel around, to turn around, to turn over
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herumdrehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of herumdrehen
- dreht herum present singular third-person
- drehte herum past
- herumgedreht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herumdrehend participle present
- herumzudrehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- drehe herum first-person indicative present
- drehen herum first-person indicative plural
- drehst herum indicative present second-person
- drehest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- drehet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- drehten herum first-person indicative plural
- drehtest herum indicative preterite second-person
- drehtet herum indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is herumdrehen in German?
herumdrehen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).