hervorheben
German, verb[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌheːbn̩]
hervorheben is spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-H-E-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hervorheben is a German verb meaning “to emphasize, highlight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas im hohen Maße betonen”.
What does hervorheben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to emphasize, highlight
ein Merkmal hervorheben.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas im hohen Maße betonen 2. etwas deutlich herausstreichen 3. sich in einer Menge durch ein qualitativ höherwertiges Merkmal unterscheiden, deutlich werden
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 hervorheben
- hebt hervor present singular third-person
- hob hervor past
- hub hervor archaic past
- hervorgehoben participle past
- höbe hervor past subjunctive
- hübe hervor archaic past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- hervorhebend participle present
- hervorzuheben infinitive infinitive-zu
- hebe hervor first-person indicative present
- heben hervor first-person indicative plural
- hebst hervor indicative present second-person
- hebest hervor second-person singular subjunctive
- hebet hervor plural second-person subjunctive
- hoben hervor first-person indicative plural
- huben hervor archaic first-person indicative
- höben hervor first-person formal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hervorheben?
- [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌheːbn̩]
- [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌheːbm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hervorheben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hervorheben in German?
hervorheben appears 2.1 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).