herumfuchteln
German, verb/hɛˈʁʊmˌfʊxtl̩n/
herumfuchteln is spelled H-E-R-U-M-F-U-C-H-T-E-L-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumfuchteln is a German verb meaning “to gesticulate (make gestures, especially wildly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anhaltend lebhaft gestikulieren, mit etwas hantieren”.
What does herumfuchteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto gesticulate (make gestures, especially wildly)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. anhaltend lebhaft gestikulieren, mit etwas hantieren
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 herumfuchteln
- fuchtelt herum present singular third-person
- fuchtelte herum past
- herumgefuchtelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herumfuchtelnd participle present
- herumzufuchteln infinitive infinitive-zu
- fuchtle herum first-person indicative present
- fuchtele herum first-person indicative present
- fuchtel herum first-person indicative present
- fuchteln herum first-person indicative plural
- fuchtelst herum indicative present second-person
- fuchtelest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- fuchtlest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- fuchtelet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- fuchtlet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- fuchtelten herum first-person indicative plural
- fuchteltest herum indicative preterite second-person
- fuchteltet herum indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumfuchteln?
- /hɛˈʁʊmˌfʊxtl̩n/
- [hɛˈʁʊmˌfʊxtl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herumfuchteln in German?
herumfuchteln appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).