herumhacken
German, verb
herumhacken is spelled H-E-R-U-M-H-A-C-K-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumhacken is a German verb meaning “to bash, to criticize repeatedly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herumhacken is a different word: “gerund of herumhacken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “längere Zeit hacken”.
What does herumhacken mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto bash, to criticize repeatedly
- 2
to type rapidly (on a keyboard)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herumhacken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. längere Zeit hacken 2. jemanden anhaltend und hartnäckig kritisieren
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 herumhacken
- hackt herum present singular third-person
- hackte herum past
- herumgehackt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herumhackend participle present
- herumzuhacken infinitive infinitive-zu
- hacke herum first-person indicative present
- hacken herum first-person indicative plural
- hackst herum indicative present second-person
- hackest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- hacket herum plural second-person subjunctive
- hackten herum first-person indicative plural
- hacktest herum indicative preterite second-person
- hacktet herum indicative plural preterite
- hack herum! imperative singular
- hacke herum! imperative singular
- hackt herum! imperative plural
- herumgehackt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is herumhacken in German?
herumhacken appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).