herausputzen
German, verb
herausputzen is spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-P-U-T-Z-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herausputzen is a German verb meaning “to dress up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herausputzen is a different word: “gerund of herausputzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich festlich kleiden, jemanden/etwas schön zurechtmachen, jemanden/etwas hübsch machen”.
What does herausputzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dress up
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herausputzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich festlich kleiden, jemanden/etwas schön zurechtmachen, jemanden/etwas hübsch machen
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 herausputzen
- putzt heraus present singular third-person
- putzte heraus past
- herausgeputzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herausputzend participle present
- herauszuputzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- putze heraus first-person indicative present
- putzen heraus first-person indicative plural
- putzest heraus second-person singular subjunctive
- putzet heraus plural second-person subjunctive
- putzten heraus first-person indicative plural
- putztest heraus indicative preterite second-person
- putztet heraus indicative plural preterite
- putz heraus! imperative singular
- putze heraus! imperative singular
- putzt heraus! imperative plural
- sich herausputzen reflexive active present
- sich herausgeputzt haben reflexive active perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to herausputzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herausputzen in German?
herausputzen appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).