um … herum
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The verdict
“um … herum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zirkumposition, mit Akkusativ:
Corpus desk
Index DE-um-herum · um … herum · German
um … herum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | um … herum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „um … herum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
um … herum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
um … herum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is um … herum, spelled U-M- -…- -H-E-R-U-M.
Definition
- 1Zirkumposition, mit Akkusativ:
- 2rings um jemanden oder etwas herum
- 3von jemand oder etwas Bestimmtem ausgehend und auf alle Seiten einwirkend
- 4ungefähr zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how um … herum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um ihn herum stehen fünf Personen.
Ich wickelte die Leine um den Baum herum, damit der Hund nicht wegläuft.
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.