herumgehen

[hɛˈʁʊmˌɡeːən]

/[hɛˈʁʊmˌɡeːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“herumgehen” is uncommon German (frequency #97,141 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,141
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich zu Fuß ziellos oder ohne genaue Richtung an einem Ort bewegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-herumgehen · herumgehen · German

herumgehen · rank #97,141 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,141
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hervorgehobene

Nearest frequency peer: hervorgehobene (+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 „herumgehen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herumgehen
PropertyValue
Headwordherumgehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛˈʁʊmˌɡeːən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,141
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „herumgehen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).herumgehenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hervorgehobene“ (#97,142), „Herrschaftsgebiet“ (#97,139), „herzieht“ (#97,143). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „herumgehen“ bei #97,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herumgehen is uncommon German at frequency #97,141 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for herumgehen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is herumgehen, spelled H-E-R-U-M-G-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich zu Fuß ziellos oder ohne genaue Richtung an einem Ort bewegen
  2. 2
    in einem Kreis/Bogen um etwas laufen/wandern
  3. 3
    etwas von einer Person zur nächsten reichen
  4. 4
    eine Neuigkeit/Geschichte weitererzählen
  5. 5
    vergehen, verstreichen
  6. 6
    sich fortwährend mit einem Gedanken beschäftigen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Touristen gingen in der Stadt herum.
  2. In einem Raumschiff kann man wegen der Schwerelosigkeit nicht herumgehen.

Synonyms

rumgehenumrundenherumreicheninnerlichbeschäftigen

Antonyms

stehenbleiben

This word in other languages

go around(English)

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 "herumgehen"?
"herumgehen" is spelled H-E-R-U-M-G-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛˈʁʊmˌɡeːən].
What does "herumgehen" mean?
As a verb, "herumgehen" means: sich zu Fuß ziellos oder ohne genaue Richtung an einem Ort bewegen
How do you pronounce "herumgehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herumgehen" is [hɛˈʁʊmˌɡeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "herumgehen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hermeskeil#97,138Heimleiter#97,129Hortensien#97,157Hauzenberg#97,121

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list