herumstehen

== German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === herumstehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present steht herum, past tense stand herum, past participle herumgestanden, past subjunctive stände herum or stünde herum, auxiliary haben or sein) to stand around (something) [with um] to hang around, to loiter (colloquial) to be in the way ==== Usage notes ==== Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “herumstehen” in Duden online “herumstehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache