herumlungern
German, verb
herumlungern is spelled H-E-R-U-M-L-U-N-G-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumlungern is a German verb meaning “to loiter, to mooch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herumlungern is a different word: “gerund of herumlungern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne (sinnvolle) Beschäftigung sein”.
What does herumlungern mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto loiter, to mooch
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herumlungern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ohne (sinnvolle) Beschäftigung sein
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 herumlungern
- lungert herum present singular third-person
- lungerte herum past
- herumgelungert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herumlungernd participle present
- herumzulungern infinitive infinitive-zu
- lungre herum first-person indicative present
- lungere herum first-person indicative present
- lunger herum first-person indicative present
- lungern herum first-person indicative plural
- lungerst herum indicative present second-person
- lungerest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- lungrest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- lungeret herum plural second-person subjunctive
- lungret herum plural second-person subjunctive
- lungerten herum first-person indicative plural
- lungertest herum indicative preterite second-person
- lungertet herum indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to herumlungern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herumlungern in German?
herumlungern appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).