heranbilden
German, verb
heranbilden is spelled H-E-R-A-N-B-I-L-D-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heranbilden is a German verb meaning “to train up, to develop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Heranbilden is a different word: “gerund of heranbilden”.
What does heranbilden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to train up, to develop
Die Firma bildet Fachkräfte selbst heran.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of heranbilden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of heranbilden
- bildet heran present singular third-person
- bildete heran past
- herangebildet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- heranbildend participle present
- heranzubilden infinitive infinitive-zu
- bilde heran first-person indicative present
- bilden heran first-person indicative plural
- bildest heran indicative present second-person
- bildeten heran first-person indicative plural
- bildetest heran indicative preterite second-person
- bildetet heran indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is heranbilden in German?
heranbilden appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).