herumerzählen
[hɛˈʁʊmʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡sɛːlən]
The verdict
“herumerzählen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas einer Vielzahl von Personen (mündlich) mitteilen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herumerzahlen · herumerzählen · German
herumerzählen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herumerzählen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊmʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡sɛːlən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herumerzählen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herumerzählen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡sɛːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas einer Vielzahl von Personen (mündlich) mitteilen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for herumerzählen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is herumerzählen, spelled H-E-R-U-M-E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas einer Vielzahl von Personen (mündlich) mitteilen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herumerzählen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als sie erfuhr, dass er sie liebte, zögerte sie nicht, es überall herumzuerzählen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.