herumlungern
[hɛˈʁʊmˌlʊŋɐn]
The verdict
“herumlungern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne (sinnvolle) Beschäftigung sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-herumlungern · herumlungern · German
herumlungern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | herumlungern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊmˌlʊŋɐn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herumlungern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herumlungern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌlʊŋɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne (sinnvolle) Beschäftigung sein".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for herumlungern, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is herumlungern, spelled H-E-R-U-M-L-U-N-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1ohne (sinnvolle) Beschäftigung sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herumlungern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In [Usbekistan und Kirgisien] gibt es große Gruppen arbeitsloser Männer, die auf den Straßen herumlungern.“
„Mehr als 600.000 junge Leute werden mit Minilöhnen in einem staatlichen Arbeitsdienst aufbewahrt, damit sie nicht als ‚Mauerlehner‘ auf den Straßenecken herumlungern.“
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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.