umherziehen
German, verb
umherziehen is a German verb meaning “to move around, to roam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umherziehen is a different word: “gerund of umherziehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne zur Ruhe kommend, von einem Ort zum nächsten ziehen”.
What does umherziehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move around, to roam
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umherziehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ohne zur Ruhe kommend, von einem Ort zum nächsten ziehen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of umherziehen
- zieht umher present singular third-person
- zog umher past
- umhergezogen participle past
- zöge umher past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- umherziehend participle present
- umherzuziehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- ziehe umher first-person indicative present
- ziehen umher first-person indicative plural
- ziehst umher indicative present second-person
- ziehest umher second-person singular subjunctive
- ziehet umher plural second-person subjunctive
- zogen umher first-person indicative plural
- zögen umher first-person formal plural
- zogst umher indicative preterite second-person
- zogt umher indicative plural preterite
- zögest umher formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umherziehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umherziehen in German?
umherziehen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).