herumkrabbeln
German, verb/hɛˈʁʊmˌkʁabl̩n/
herumkrabbeln is spelled H-E-R-U-M-K-R-A-B-B-E-L-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumkrabbeln is a German verb meaning “to crawl around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “beständig ohne erkennbares Ziel fortbewegen”.
What does herumkrabbeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crawl around
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. beständig ohne erkennbares Ziel fortbewegen
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 herumkrabbeln
- krabbelt herum present singular third-person
- krabbelte herum past
- herumgekrabbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- herumkrabbelnd participle present
- herumzukrabbeln infinitive infinitive-zu
- krabble herum first-person indicative present
- krabbele herum first-person indicative present
- krabbel herum first-person indicative present
- krabbeln herum first-person indicative plural
- krabbelst herum indicative present second-person
- krabbelest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- krabblest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- krabbelet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- krabblet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- krabbelten herum first-person indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumkrabbeln?
- /hɛˈʁʊmˌkʁabl̩n/
- [hɛˈʁʊmˌkʁabl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herumkrabbeln in German?
herumkrabbeln appears about once in every 40 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).