herumstehen
German, verb[hɛˈʁʊmˌʃteːən]
herumstehen is spelled H-E-R-U-M-S-T-E-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumstehen is a German verb meaning “to stand around (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(ohne etwas zu tun) dastehen”.
What does herumstehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stand around (something)
- 2
to hang around, to loiter
- 3
colloquialto be in the way
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (ohne etwas zu tun) dastehen 2. sich im Kreis oder Halbkreis um etwas herum gruppieren 3. ohne Zweck/nutzlos/im Wege stehen
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 herumstehen
- steht herum present singular third-person
- stand herum past
- herumgestanden participle past
- stände herum past subjunctive
- stünde herum past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- herumstehend participle present
- herumzustehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- stehe herum first-person indicative present
- stehen herum first-person indicative plural
- stehst herum indicative present second-person
- stehest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- stehet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- standen herum first-person indicative plural
- ständen herum first-person plural subjunctive
- stünden herum first-person plural subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herumstehen?
- [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃteːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herumstehen in German?
herumstehen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).