herumkommandieren
German, verb[hɛˈʁʊmkɔmanˌdiːʁən]
herumkommandieren is spelled H-E-R-U-M-K-O-M-M-A-N-D-I-E-R-E-N (17 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumkommandieren is a German verb meaning “to boss around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fortwährend Befehle erteilen, ständig kommandieren”.
What does herumkommandieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto boss around
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fortwährend Befehle erteilen, ständig kommandieren
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 herumkommandieren
- kommandiert herum present singular third-person
- kommandierte herum past
- herumkommandiert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herumkommandierend participle present
- herumzukommandieren infinitive infinitive-zu
- kommandiere herum first-person indicative present
- kommandieren herum first-person indicative plural
- kommandierst herum indicative present second-person
- kommandierest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- kommandieret herum plural second-person subjunctive
- kommandierten herum first-person indicative plural
- kommandiertest herum indicative preterite second-person
- kommandiertet herum indicative plural preterite
- kommandier herum! imperative singular
- kommandiert herum! imperative plural
- herumkommandiert haben active infinitive perfect
- herumkommandiert werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumkommandieren?
- [hɛˈʁʊmkɔmanˌdiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herumkommandieren in German?
herumkommandieren appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).