umherirren
[ʊmˈheːɐ̯ˌʔɪʁən]
The verdict
“umherirren” 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) - sich orientierungslos von Ort zu Ort begeben; ziellos hin- und hergehen, -fahren und dergleichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umherirren · umherirren · German
umherirren · 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 | umherirren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈheːɐ̯ˌʔɪʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umherirren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umherirren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈheːɐ̯ˌʔɪʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich orientierungslos von Ort zu Ort begeben; ziellos hin- und hergehen, -fahren und dergleichen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for umherirren, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is umherirren, spelled U-M-H-E-R-I-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich orientierungslos von Ort zu Ort begeben; ziellos hin- und hergehen, -fahren und dergleichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how umherirren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die stillfließenden Tränen träufelten Ruhe in ihre Seele. Sie blieb einen Augenblick stehen und besann sich. Welchen Zweck hatte es, auf den Straßen umherzuirren?“
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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.