herumzulaufen

[hɛˈʁʊmt͡suˌlaʊ̯fn̩]

/[hɛˈʁʊmt͡suˌlaʊ̯fn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“herumzulaufen” is uncommon German (frequency #93,048 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,048
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs herumlaufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-herumzulaufen · herumzulaufen · German

herumzulaufen · rank #93,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,048
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Herzeleid

Nearest frequency peer: Herzeleid (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „herumzulaufen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „herumzulaufen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herumzulaufen
PropertyValue
Headwordherumzulaufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛˈʁʊmt͡suˌlaʊ̯fn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#93,048
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „herumzulaufen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).herumzulaufenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Herzeleid“ (#93,049), „Herberts“ (#93,046), „Herzögen“ (#93,050). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „herumzulaufen“ bei #93,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herumzulaufen is uncommon German at frequency #93,048 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊmt͡suˌlaʊ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs herumlaufen".

herumzulaufen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is herumzulaufen, spelled H-E-R-U-M-Z-U-L-A-U-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs herumlaufen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "herumzulaufen"?
"herumzulaufen" is spelled H-E-R-U-M-Z-U-L-A-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛˈʁʊmt͡suˌlaʊ̯fn̩].
What does "herumzulaufen" mean?
As a verb, "herumzulaufen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs herumlaufen
How do you pronounce "herumzulaufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herumzulaufen" is [hɛˈʁʊmt͡suˌlaʊ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "herumzulaufen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hinterbänkler#93,059hinzuarbeiten#93,061Holzeinschlag#93,069Hähnchenbrust#93,082

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list