hervorrufen
German, verb
hervorrufen is spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-R-U-F-E-N (11 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hervorrufen is a German verb meaning “to arouse, to evoke, to induce, to cause, to bring about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hervorrufen is a different word: “gerund of hervorrufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Ursache oder der Grund von etwas sein”.
What does hervorrufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to arouse, to evoke, to induce, to cause, to bring about
noun
- 1
neutergerund of hervorrufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Ursache oder der Grund von etwas sein 2. (einen Geist oder Ähnliches) herbeirufen; beschwören
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 hervorrufen
- ruft hervor present singular third-person
- rief hervor past
- hervorgerufen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- hervorrufend participle present
- hervorzurufen infinitive infinitive-zu
- rufe hervor first-person indicative present
- rufen hervor first-person indicative plural
- rufst hervor indicative present second-person
- rufest hervor second-person singular subjunctive
- rufet hervor plural second-person subjunctive
- riefen hervor first-person indicative plural
- riefe hervor first-person formal rare
- riefst hervor indicative preterite second-person
- rieft hervor indicative plural preterite
- riefest hervor formal rare second-person
- riefet hervor formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hervorrufen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hervorrufen in German?
hervorrufen appears 3.2 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).