herumtragen
[hɛˈʁʊ̯mˌtʁaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“herumtragen” is uncommon German (frequency #72,529 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,529
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas stets bei sich tragen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herumtragen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊ̯mˌtʁaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “herumtragen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
herumtragen is uncommon German at frequency #72,529 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊ̯mˌtʁaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for herumtragen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is herumtragen, spelled H-E-R-U-M-T-R-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas stets bei sich tragen
- 2an verschiedene Orte tragen
- 3Nachrichten, Gerüchte überall verbreiten
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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.
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Using “herumtragen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-R-U-M-T-R-A-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hɛˈʁʊ̯mˌtʁaːɡn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.