umhertoben
[ʊmˈheːɐ̯ˌtoːbn̩]
The verdict
“umhertoben” 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 in ausgelassener Weise oder wild bewegen, umherlaufen (bei Kindern, jungen Tieren)
Corpus desk
Index DE-umhertoben · umhertoben · German
umhertoben · 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 | umhertoben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈheːɐ̯ˌtoːbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umhertoben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umhertoben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈheːɐ̯ˌtoːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich in ausgelassener Weise oder wild bewegen, umherlaufen (bei Kindern, jungen Tieren)".
umhertoben has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is umhertoben, spelled U-M-H-E-R-T-O-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich in ausgelassener Weise oder wild bewegen, umherlaufen (bei Kindern, jungen Tieren)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how umhertoben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf dem Spielplatz konnten die vier Kinder richtig umhertoben.
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.