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herumkrebsen

German, verb

herumkrebsen is spelled H-E-R-U-M-K-R-E-B-S-E-N (12 letters). Herumkrebsen is a German verb meaning “to struggle, scrabble; to just get by” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does herumkrebsen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialto struggle, scrabble; to just get by

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of herumkrebsen

  • krebst herum present singular third-person
  • krebste herum past
  • herumgekrebst participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • herumkrebsend participle present
  • geherumkrebst participle past
  • herumkrebse first-person indicative present
  • herumkrebst indicative present second-person
  • herumkrebsest second-person singular subjunctive
  • herumkrebset plural second-person subjunctive
  • herumkrebste first-person indicative preterite
  • herumkrebsten first-person indicative plural
  • herumkrebstest indicative preterite second-person
  • herumkrebstet indicative plural preterite
  • herumkrebs imperative second-person singular
  • habe geherumkrebst first-person indicative multiword-construction

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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