herumstochern
[hɛˈʁʊmˌʃtɔxɐn]
The verdict
“herumstochern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ständig einen Gegenstand (zum Beispiel einen Stock, eine Gabel) in etwas mehrfach, prüfend hineinstoßen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herumstochern · herumstochern · German
herumstochern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | herumstochern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃtɔxɐn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herumstochern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herumstochern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌʃtɔxɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ständig einen Gegenstand (zum Beispiel einen Stock, eine Gabel) in etwas mehrfach, prüfend hineinstoßen".
Zero misspellings are on record for herumstochern in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is herumstochern, spelled H-E-R-U-M-S-T-O-C-H-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1ständig einen Gegenstand (zum Beispiel einen Stock, eine Gabel) in etwas mehrfach, prüfend hineinstoßen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herumstochern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber es war gar nicht das alte Weib, das blinkte, sondern was blinkte, das war das Ding, das sie in ihrer Hand hielt und mit dem sie herumstocherte in den alten Kehrichtkisten.“
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.