hervorstechen
German, verb[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtɛçn̩]
hervorstechen is spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-S-T-E-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hervorstechen is a German verb meaning “to stick out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “deutlich anders (meist im positiven Sinne) sein als der Rest, die Aufmerksamkeit erregen”.
What does hervorstechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stick out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. deutlich anders (meist im positiven Sinne) sein als der Rest, die Aufmerksamkeit erregen 2. wie eine Spitze herausragen
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 hervorstechen
- sticht hervor present singular third-person
- stach hervor past
- hervorgestochen participle past
- stäche hervor past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- hervorstechend participle present
- hervorzustechen infinitive infinitive-zu
- steche hervor first-person indicative present
- stechen hervor first-person indicative plural
- stichst hervor indicative present second-person
- stecht hervor indicative plural present
- stechest hervor second-person singular subjunctive
- stechet hervor plural second-person subjunctive
- stachen hervor first-person indicative plural
- stächen hervor first-person formal plural
- stachst hervor indicative preterite second-person
- stacht hervor indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hervorstechen?
- [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtɛçn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hervorstechen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hervorstechen in German?
hervorstechen 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).