herumschleppen
German, verb[hɛˈʁʊmˌʃlɛpn̩]
herumschleppen is spelled H-E-R-U-M-S-C-H-L-E-P-P-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumschleppen is a German verb meaning “to drag/lug around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas stets bei sich tragen”.
What does herumschleppen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto drag/lug around
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas stets bei sich tragen 2. etwas von einer Stelle zur anderen tragen
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 herumschleppen
- schleppt herum present singular third-person
- schleppte herum past
- herumgeschleppt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herumschleppend participle present
- herumzuschleppen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schleppe herum first-person indicative present
- schleppen herum first-person indicative plural
- schleppst herum indicative present second-person
- schleppest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- schleppet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- schleppten herum first-person indicative plural
- schlepptest herum indicative preterite second-person
- schlepptet herum indicative plural preterite
- schlepp herum! imperative singular
- schleppe herum! imperative singular
- schleppt herum! imperative plural
- herumgeschleppt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumschleppen?
- [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃlɛpn̩]
- [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃlɛpm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herumschleppen in German?
herumschleppen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).