herumfahren

[hɛˈʁʊmˌfaːʁən]

/[hɛˈʁʊmˌfaːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“herumfahren” is uncommon German (frequency #64,350 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,350
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hin- und herfahren, von einem Ort zum anderen fahren

Corpus desk

Index DE-herumfahren · herumfahren · German

herumfahren · rank #64,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,350
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hemmingen

Nearest frequency peer: Hemmingen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „herumfahren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „herumfahren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herumfahren
PropertyValue
Headwordherumfahren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛˈʁʊmˌfaːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#64,350
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „herumfahren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.herumfahrenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hemmingen“ (#64,349), „herunterfahren“ (#64,351), „Heimes“ (#64,348). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „herumfahren“ bei #64,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herumfahren is uncommon German at frequency #64,350 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hin- und herfahren, von einem Ort zum anderen fahren".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for herumfahren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is herumfahren, spelled H-E-R-U-M-F-A-H-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    hin- und herfahren, von einem Ort zum anderen fahren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how herumfahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Im Gürtel selbst kann jeder frei herumfahren, aber ihre Viertel hüten die Leute eifersüchtiger.“
  2. „Danach sei er ziellos herumgefahren und habe sich immer mehr betrunken.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "herumfahren"?
"herumfahren" is spelled H-E-R-U-M-F-A-H-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛˈʁʊmˌfaːʁən].
What does "herumfahren" mean?
As a verb, "herumfahren" means: hin- und herfahren, von einem Ort zum anderen fahren
How do you pronounce "herumfahren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herumfahren" is [hɛˈʁʊmˌfaːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "herumfahren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hauptthemen#64,343Hauptquelle#64,341hasserfüllt#64,339hundertstel#64,372

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list