herausragen
German, verb[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩]
herausragen is spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-R-A-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herausragen is a German verb meaning “to protrude, to stick out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiter vorne/oben/außen sein als der Rest”.
What does herausragen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to protrude, to stick out
- 2
to stand out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. weiter vorne/oben/außen sein als der Rest 2. anders (und meist besser) sein als der Rest
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 herausragen
- ragt heraus present singular third-person
- ragte heraus past
- herausgeragt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herausragend participle present
- herauszuragen infinitive infinitive-zu
- rage heraus first-person indicative present
- ragen heraus first-person indicative plural
- ragst heraus indicative present second-person
- ragest heraus second-person singular subjunctive
- raget heraus plural second-person subjunctive
- ragten heraus first-person indicative plural
- ragtest heraus indicative preterite second-person
- ragtet heraus indicative plural preterite
- rag heraus! imperative singular
- rage heraus! imperative singular
- ragt heraus! imperative plural
- herausgeragt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herausragen?
- [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herausragen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herausragen in German?
herausragen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).