hervortreten
German, verb
hervortreten is spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-T-R-E-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hervortreten is a German verb meaning “to step forward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hervortreten is a different word: “gerund of hervortreten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Schritt nach vorne tun, sich nach vorne bewegen”.
What does hervortreten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to step forward
aus einer Reihe hervortreten
- 2
to come forward, move ahead, to be or get in a forward position
Scharlachrotes Blut trat aus seiner Wunde hervor.
- 3
to become visible, to turn up, to appear, to emerge
Ihre Begabung trat schon im Kindesalter hervor.
- 4
to become or be notable, famous
Mit seinen Begabungen tritt er aus der grauen Masse hervor.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of hervortreten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Schritt nach vorne tun, sich nach vorne bewegen 2. sichtbar werden, nach vorne/oben/außen kommen 3. sichtbar werden, ans Licht kommen, an die Öffentlichkeit kommen 4. 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 hervortreten
- tritt hervor present singular third-person
- trat hervor past
- hervorgetreten participle past
- träte hervor past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 5 strong
- hervortretend participle present
- hervorzutreten infinitive infinitive-zu
- trete hervor first-person indicative present
- treten hervor first-person indicative plural
- trittst hervor indicative present second-person
- tretet hervor indicative plural present
- tretest hervor second-person singular subjunctive
- traten hervor first-person indicative plural
- träten hervor first-person formal plural
- tratest hervor indicative preterite second-person
- tratst hervor indicative preterite second-person
- tratet hervor indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hervortreten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hervortreten in German?
hervortreten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).