"root around about" in German to root around/about in etw. herumwühlen nach etw. wühlen Detailed translations for "root around about" to root around/about to root around/about(also: to rootle about, to rout about in sth./for sth.) in etw. herumwühlen to root around/about(also: to rootle about, to rout about in sth./for sth.) nach etw. wühlen{intransitive verb}