herumführen
[hɛˈʁʊmˌfyːʁən]
The verdict
“herumführen” is uncommon German (frequency #90,420 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,420
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem Kreis oder Bogen um etwas verlaufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herumfuhren · herumführen · German
herumführen · rank #90,420 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,420
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Herzklappen
Nearest frequency peer: Herzklappen (+2 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 „herumführen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Herbeiführu…
Herbeiführung
9,587 corpus weight
- Heroen
Heroen
9,584 corpus weight
- herumführen
herumführen
9,581 corpus weight
- Herzklappen
Herzklappen
9,579 corpus weight
- hick
hick
9,578 corpus weight
- hilfsbereit…
hilfsbereiten
9,576 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „herumführen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herumführen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊmˌfyːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herumführen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herumführen is uncommon German at frequency #90,420 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌfyːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for herumführen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is herumführen, spelled H-E-R-U-M-F-Ü-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1in einem Kreis oder Bogen um etwas verlaufen
- 2jemanden oder etwas in einem Kreis oder Bogen um etwas führen
- 3jemanden an verschiedene Stellen leiten mit der Absicht, etwas zu zeigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herumführen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Wanderweg führt um den See herum.
Er hat den blinden Mann um die im Weg stehenden Hindernisse herumgeführt, damit er nicht stürzt.
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.
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