herumspuken
[hɛˈʁʊmˌʃpuːkn̩]
The verdict
“herumspuken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ([scheinbar] ziellos [des Nachts]) allein in der näheren Umgebung umhergehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herumspuken · herumspuken · German
herumspuken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | herumspuken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃpuːkn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herumspuken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herumspuken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃpuːkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
herumspuken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists 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 herumspuken, spelled H-E-R-U-M-S-P-U-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1([scheinbar] ziellos [des Nachts]) allein in der näheren Umgebung umhergehen
- 2fortwährend in Umlauf sein (und immer wieder rezipiert werden)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herumspuken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was spukst du hier so spät in der Nacht alleine herum? Gehörst du nicht ins Bett?
Das Lied spukt mir schon die ganze Zeit im Kopf herum.
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.