rumlaufen
German, verb
rumlaufen is spelled R-U-M-L-A-U-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rumlaufen is a German verb meaning “to walk around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rumlaufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto walk around
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of rumlaufen
- läuft rum present singular third-person
- lief rum past
- rumgelaufen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- rumlaufend participle present
- rumzulaufen infinitive infinitive-zu
- laufe rum first-person indicative present
- laufen rum first-person indicative plural
- läufst rum indicative present second-person
- lauft rum indicative plural present
- laufest rum second-person singular subjunctive
- laufet rum plural second-person subjunctive
- liefen rum first-person indicative plural
- liefe rum first-person singular subjunctive
- liefst rum indicative preterite second-person
- lieft rum indicative plural preterite
- liefest rum second-person singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rumlaufen?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rumlaufen in German?
rumlaufen appears 3.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).