herumsitzen

[hɛˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩]

/[hɛˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“herumsitzen” is uncommon German (frequency #91,731 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,731
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - untätig irgendwo länger sitzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-herumsitzen · herumsitzen · German

herumsitzen · rank #91,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,731
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herzuleiten

Nearest frequency peer: herzuleiten (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „herumsitzen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „herumsitzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herumsitzen
PropertyValue
Headwordherumsitzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#91,731
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „herumsitzen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).herumsitzenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „herzuleiten“ (#91,732), „heuchlerischen“ (#91,733), „Herbsttag“ (#91,728). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „herumsitzen“ bei #91,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herumsitzen is uncommon German at frequency #91,731 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

herumsitzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is herumsitzen, spelled H-E-R-U-M-S-I-T-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    untätig irgendwo länger sitzen
  2. 2
    rund um etwas sitzen, etwas sitzend umgeben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how herumsitzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Seit Stunden sitzen wir hier an der Bushaltestelle herum, aber es kommt einfach kein Bus.
  2. Laut Platon saßen die alten Griechen um das Mittelmeer herum wie Frösche um einen Teich.

Synonyms

dasitzenumhersitzen

This word in other languages

sit around(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "herumsitzen"?
"herumsitzen" is spelled H-E-R-U-M-S-I-T-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩].
What does "herumsitzen" mean?
As a verb, "herumsitzen" means: untätig irgendwo länger sitzen
How do you pronounce "herumsitzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herumsitzen" is [hɛˈʁʊmˌzɪt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "herumsitzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

herzuleiten#91,732Heimatlosen#91,724hinzuwirken#91,738Hauptspeise#91,715

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list