herausfordern
German, verb
herausfordern is spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-F-O-R-D-E-R-N (13 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herausfordern is a German verb meaning “to challenge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herausfordern is a different word: “gerund of herausfordern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch sein Verhalten provozieren”.
What does herausfordern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to challenge
- 2
to defy
- 3
to provoke
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herausfordern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch sein Verhalten provozieren 2. eine Person auffordern, sich mit einem/jemandem zu messen, einem Inhaber einer Position, eines Amtes oder Titels den Kampf ansagen, um dessen Position zu übernehmen 3. jemandem viel abverlangen, ihn an seine Grenzen bringen 4. zu etwas führen, das man zeigen muss, um die Situation zu meistern
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 herausfordern
- fordert heraus present singular third-person
- forderte heraus past
- herausgefordert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herausfordernd participle present
- herauszufordern infinitive infinitive-zu
- fordre heraus first-person indicative present
- fordere heraus first-person indicative present
- forder heraus first-person indicative present
- fordern heraus first-person indicative plural
- forderst heraus indicative present second-person
- forderest heraus second-person singular subjunctive
- fordrest heraus second-person singular subjunctive
- forderet heraus plural second-person subjunctive
- fordret heraus plural second-person subjunctive
- forderten heraus first-person indicative plural
- fordertest heraus indicative preterite second-person
- fordertet heraus indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to herausfordern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herausfordern in German?
herausfordern appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).