herumspringen
German, verb/hɛˈʁʊmˌʃpʁɪŋən/
herumspringen is spelled H-E-R-U-M-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumspringen is a German verb meaning “to jump around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hin- und herspringen”.
What does herumspringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jump around
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. hin- und herspringen
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 herumspringen
- springt herum present singular third-person
- sprang herum past
- herumgesprungen participle past
- spränge herum past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- herumspringend participle present
- herumzuspringen infinitive infinitive-zu
- springe herum first-person indicative present
- springen herum first-person indicative plural
- springst herum indicative present second-person
- springest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- springet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- sprangen herum first-person indicative plural
- sprängen herum first-person formal plural
- sprangst herum indicative preterite second-person
- sprangt herum indicative plural preterite
- sprängest herum formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumspringen?
- /hɛˈʁʊmˌʃpʁɪŋən/
- [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃpʁɪŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herumspringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herumspringen in German?
herumspringen appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).