herleiten
German, verb
herleiten is spelled H-E-R-L-E-I-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herleiten is a German verb meaning “to deduce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herleiten is a different word: “gerund of herleiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (etwa eine Hypothese, Formel oder Wort) ableiten, folgern, um etwas zu beweisen oder zu erklären”.
What does herleiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deduce
- 2
to derive
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herleiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (etwa eine Hypothese, Formel oder Wort) ableiten, folgern, um etwas zu beweisen oder zu erklären 2. von etwas abzuleiten sein
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 herleiten
- leitet her present singular third-person
- leitete her past
- hergeleitet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herleitend participle present
- herzuleiten infinitive infinitive-zu
- leite her first-person indicative present
- leiten her first-person indicative plural
- leitest her indicative present second-person
- leiteten her first-person indicative plural
- leitetest her indicative preterite second-person
- leitetet her indicative plural preterite
- leit her! imperative singular
- leite her! imperative singular
- leitet her! imperative plural
- hergeleitet haben active infinitive perfect
- hergeleitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- hergeleitet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to herleiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herleiten in German?
herleiten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).