herumtreiben

/[hɛˈʁʊmˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#72,530

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

herumtreiben is aGermanverb. It means: sich ziellos bewegen, sich an keinem bestimmten Ort aufhalten Pronounced [hɛˈʁʊmˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩].

Key facts for herumtreiben
PropertyValue
Headwordherumtreiben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛˈʁʊmˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#72,530
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of herumtreiben in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for herumtreiben is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [hɛˈʁʊmˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,530 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for herumtreiben in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is herumtreiben, spelled H-E-R-U-M-T-R-E-I-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich ziellos bewegen, sich an keinem bestimmten Ort aufhalten
  2. 2
    jemanden oder etwas im Kreise bewegen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #72,530 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "herumtreiben"?
"herumtreiben" is spelled H-E-R-U-M-T-R-E-I-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛˈʁʊmˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩].
What does "herumtreiben" mean?
As a verb, "herumtreiben" means: sich ziellos bewegen, sich an keinem bestimmten Ort aufhalten
How do you pronounce "herumtreiben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herumtreiben" is [hɛˈʁʊmˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "herumtreiben" come from?
"herumtreiben" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.