herausheben

[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌheːbn̩]

/[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌheːbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“herausheben” is uncommon German (frequency #94,395 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,395
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden von drinnen nach draußen heben

Corpus desk

Index DE-herausheben · herausheben · German

herausheben · rank #94,395 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,395
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hellenistische

Nearest frequency peer: hellenistische (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „herausheben“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „herausheben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herausheben
PropertyValue
Headwordherausheben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌheːbn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#94,395
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „herausheben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.heraushebenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hellenistische“ (#94,394), „Herbstzeit“ (#94,396), „Heins“ (#94,393). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „herausheben“ bei #94,395. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herausheben is uncommon German at frequency #94,395 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌheːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for herausheben in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is herausheben, spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-H-E-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas oder jemanden von drinnen nach draußen heben
  2. 2
    etwas oder jemanden abheben, unterscheiden
  3. 3
    sich von etwas oder jemanden abheben, unterscheiden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how herausheben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Doch sie war erleichtert, als sie endlich das Kind herausheben konnte.
  2. Spinat und Brennnessel entstielen, gründlich waschen, für ca. 3 Min. in kochendes Salzwasser geben, herausheben, eiskalt abschrecken, abtropfen lassen, kräftig ausdrücken und grob schneiden.

Synonyms

herausholenherausnehmenabhebenakzentuierendistinguierenherausstreichenhervorhebenunterstreichenabhebenauszeichnenhervortununterscheiden

Antonyms

hineinlegengleichmachennivellieren

This word in other languages

take out(English)extraer(Español)extraire(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "herausheben"?
"herausheben" is spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-H-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌheːbn̩].
What does "herausheben" mean?
As a verb, "herausheben" means: etwas oder jemanden von drinnen nach draußen heben
How do you pronounce "herausheben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herausheben" is [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌheːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "herausheben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Heilquellen#94,391hochkriegen#94,410Holzfiguren#94,416Häuserkampf#94,429

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list