Herumtreiber
[hɛˈʁʊmˌtʁaɪ̯bɐ]
The verdict
“Herumtreiber” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die sich ziellos bewegt, sich an keinem bestimmten Ort dauerhaft aufhält
Corpus desk
Index DE-herumtreiber · Herumtreiber · German
Herumtreiber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Herumtreiber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊmˌtʁaɪ̯bɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Herumtreiber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Herumtreiber is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmˌtʁaɪ̯bɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Herumtreiber in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Herumtreiber, spelled H-E-R-U-M-T-R-E-I-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die sich ziellos bewegt, sich an keinem bestimmten Ort dauerhaft aufhält
- 2Person mit einem schlechten, oft unmoralischen Lebensstil
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.