herumstehen
[hɛˈʁʊmˌʃteːən]
The verdict
“herumstehen” is uncommon German (frequency #59,727 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,727
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (ohne etwas zu tun) dastehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herumstehen · herumstehen · German
herumstehen · rank #59,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,727
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Herzenswunsch
Nearest frequency peer: Herzenswunsch (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “herumstehen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Heims
Heims
40,280 corpus weight
- heldenhaft
heldenhaft
40,277 corpus weight
- herumstehen
herumstehen
40,274 corpus weight
- Herzenswuns…
Herzenswunsch
40,273 corpus weight
- Herzschritt…
Herzschrittmacher
40,272 corpus weight
- hingearbeit…
hingearbeitet
40,271 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “herumstehen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herumstehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃteːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “herumstehen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
herumstehen is uncommon German at frequency #59,727 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃteːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for herumstehen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is herumstehen, spelled H-E-R-U-M-S-T-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(ohne etwas zu tun) dastehen
- 2sich im Kreis oder Halbkreis um etwas herum gruppieren
- 3ohne Zweck/nutzlos/im Wege stehen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "herumstehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.