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herführen

German, verb/ˈheːɐ̯ˌfyːʁən/

herführen is spelled H-E-R-F-Ü-H-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herführen is a German verb meaning “to lead here” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden von woanders hierher, an diesen Ort bringen/geleiten (führen)”.

What does herführen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to lead here

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. jemanden von woanders hierher, an diesen Ort bringen/geleiten (führen) 2. woanders anfangen und bis hierher reichen

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 herführen

  • führt her present singular third-person
  • führte her past
  • hergeführt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • herführend participle present
  • herzuführen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • führe her first-person indicative present
  • führen her first-person indicative plural
  • führst her indicative present second-person
  • führest her second-person singular subjunctive
  • führet her plural second-person subjunctive
  • führten her first-person indicative plural
  • führtest her indicative preterite second-person
  • führtet her indicative plural preterite
  • führe her! imperative singular
  • führ her! imperative singular
  • führt her! imperative plural
  • hergeführt haben active infinitive perfect

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

How do you pronounce herführen?

  • /ˈheːɐ̯ˌfyːʁən/
  • [ˈheːɐ̯ˌfyːʁən]

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

How common is herführen in German?

herführen appears about once in every 37 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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