herumkommen
German, verb/hɛɐ̯ˈʁʊmˌkɔmən/
herumkommen is spelled H-E-R-U-M-K-O-M-M-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumkommen is a German verb meaning “to move round something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does herumkommen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move round something
Kommst du mit dem Auto überhaupt um die Ecke herum?
- 2
colloquialto get around, to get about (to visit a variety of different places, to travel a lot)
In ihrem Beruf kommt sie viel herum.
- 3
colloquialto be able to avoid/get around something
Um diese Enscheidung kommen wir nicht herum.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of herumkommen
- kommt herum present singular third-person
- kam herum past
- herumgekommen participle past
- käme herum past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 4 strong
- herumkommend participle present
- herumzukommen infinitive infinitive-zu
- komme herum first-person indicative present
- kommen herum first-person indicative plural
- kommst herum indicative present second-person
- kommest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- kommet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- kamen herum first-person indicative plural
- kämen herum first-person plural subjunctive
- kamst herum indicative preterite second-person
- kamt herum indicative plural preterite
- kämest herum second-person singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumkommen?
- /hɛɐ̯ˈʁʊmˌkɔmən/
- /hɛˈʁʊm-/
- [-kɔmn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herumkommen in German?
herumkommen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).