hervorragen
German, verb/hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩/
hervorragen is spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-R-A-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hervorragen is a German verb meaning “to protrude, to stick out (towards the speaker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiter vorne/oben/außen sein als der Rest”.
What does hervorragen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to protrude, to stick out (towards the speaker)
- 2
to stand out (to the speaker)
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 hervorragen
- ragt hervor present singular third-person
- ragte hervor past
- hervorgeragt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hervorragend participle present
- hervorzuragen infinitive infinitive-zu
- rage hervor first-person indicative present
- ragen hervor first-person indicative plural
- ragst hervor indicative present second-person
- ragest hervor second-person singular subjunctive
- raget hervor plural second-person subjunctive
- ragten hervor first-person indicative plural
- ragtest hervor indicative preterite second-person
- ragtet hervor indicative plural preterite
- rag hervor! imperative singular
- rage hervor! imperative singular
- ragt hervor! imperative plural
- hervorgeragt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hervorragen?
- /hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩/
- [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hervorragen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hervorragen in German?
hervorragen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).