herumkriegen
German, verb
herumkriegen is spelled H-E-R-U-M-K-R-I-E-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written German, the 543,077th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumkriegen is a German verb meaning “to cajole, wangle [with accusative] (to persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does herumkriegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto cajole, wangle [with accusative] (to persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do)
- 2
colloquialto seduce
- 3
to pass (the time)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of herumkriegen
- kriegt herum present singular third-person
- kriegte herum past
- herumgekriegt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herumkriegend participle present
- herumzukriegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- kriege herum first-person indicative present
- kriegen herum first-person indicative plural
- kriegst herum indicative present second-person
- kriegest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- krieget herum plural second-person subjunctive
- kriegten herum first-person indicative plural
- kriegtest herum indicative preterite second-person
- kriegtet herum indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumkriegen?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herumkriegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herumkriegen in German?
herumkriegen appears about once in every 76 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).