hervorrief

[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁiːf]

/[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁiːf]/ verb

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The verdict

“hervorrief” is uncommon German (frequency #71,442 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,442
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs hervorrufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-hervorrief · hervorrief · German

hervorrief · rank #71,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,442
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hereingabe

Nearest frequency peer: Hereingabe (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „hervorrief“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hervorrief“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hervorrief
PropertyValue
Headwordhervorrief
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁiːf]
Letters10
Frequency rank#71,442
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hervorrief“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hervorrieffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hereingabe“ (#71,441), „herzhafte“ (#71,443), „heulte“ (#71,444). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hervorrief“ bei #71,442. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hervorrief is uncommon German at frequency #71,442 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

hervorrief has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is hervorrief, spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-R-I-E-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs hervorrufen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs hervorrufen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hervorrief"?
"hervorrief" is spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-R-I-E-F. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁiːf].
What does "hervorrief" mean?
As a verb, "hervorrief" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs hervorrufen
How do you pronounce "hervorrief"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hervorrief" is [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁiːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hervorrief" come from?
"hervorrief" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hervorrief", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hereingabe#71,441historique#71,451Hochhauses#71,453Hachenburg#71,424

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list