umhergehen
[ʊmˈheːɐ̯ˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“umhergehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - (ohne bestimmte Absicht) von Ort zu Ort gehen; (in der näheren Umgebung) hin- und hergehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umhergehen · umhergehen · German
umhergehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | umhergehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈheːɐ̯ˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umhergehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umhergehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈheːɐ̯ˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(ohne bestimmte Absicht) von Ort zu Ort gehen; (in der näheren Umgebung) hin- und hergehen".
No misspelling variants are generated for umhergehen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 umhergehen, spelled U-M-H-E-R-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(ohne bestimmte Absicht) von Ort zu Ort gehen; (in der näheren Umgebung) hin- und hergehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how umhergehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie wußte sich keinen Rat und fing an, im Hause umherzugehen, als suchte sie irgendwo einen Raum, wo die schwere Not jenseits der Schwelle bliebe, und kam zuletzt, sie wußte nicht wie, in die Giebelstube.“
Synonyms
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.