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herausragend

German, adjective[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩t]

herausragend is spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-R-A-G-E-N-D (12 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herausragend is a German adjective meaning “outstanding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of herausragen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “über eine gegenständliche oder abstrakte Ebene oder Umgebung ragend”.

What does herausragend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    outstanding

  2. 2

    prominent, jutting

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of herausragen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. über eine gegenständliche oder abstrakte Ebene oder Umgebung ragend

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 herausragend

  • herausragender masculine nominative singular
  • am herausragendsten superlative
  • herausragende feminine nominative singular
  • herausragendes neuter nominative singular
  • herausragenden genitive masculine singular
  • herausragendem dative masculine singular
  • der herausragende definite includes-article masculine
  • die herausragende definite feminine includes-article
  • das herausragende definite includes-article neuter
  • die herausragenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des herausragenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der herausragenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem herausragenden dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce herausragend?

  • [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌʁaːɡn̩t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to herausragend

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is herausragend in German?

herausragend appears 1.9 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).

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