herumkramen
[hɛˈʁʊmˌkʁaːmən]
The verdict
“herumkramen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - suchend in einem Haufen Dinge wühlen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herumkramen · herumkramen · German
herumkramen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herumkramen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊmˌkʁaːmən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herumkramen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herumkramen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌkʁaːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "suchend in einem Haufen Dinge wühlen".
herumkramen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is herumkramen, spelled H-E-R-U-M-K-R-A-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1suchend in einem Haufen Dinge wühlen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herumkramen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich krame gern bei meiner Oma auf dem Speicher herum, da gibt es immer was Interessantes zu finden.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.