herausragen

[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩]

/[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“herausragen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,821 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,821
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiter vorne/oben/außen sein als der Rest

Corpus desk

Index DE-herausragen · herausragen · German

herausragen · rank #87,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,821
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herausgehoben

Nearest frequency peer: herausgehoben (-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 „herausragen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herausragen
PropertyValue
Headwordherausragen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,821
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „herausragen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „herausgehoben“ (#87,820), „herausschneiden“ (#87,822), „Herbarium“ (#87,823). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „herausragen“ bei #87,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herausragen is uncommon German at frequency #87,821 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

herausragen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is herausragen, spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-R-A-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiter vorne/oben/außen sein als der Rest
  2. 2
    anders (und meist besser) sein als der Rest

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Baum ist in den See gestürzt, nun ragt von ihm nur noch ein Ast heraus.
  2. Unter der Decke ragte ein Arm heraus.

This word in other languages

protrude(English)sobresalir(Español)dépasser(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 "herausragen"?
"herausragen" is spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-R-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩].
What does "herausragen" mean?
As a verb, "herausragen" means: weiter vorne/oben/außen sein als der Rest
How do you pronounce "herausragen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herausragen" is [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "herausragen" come from?
"herausragen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Helikoptern#87,815hochgestuft#87,841Handelswege#87,796Guadalajara#87,788

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list