hervorzurufen

[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʁuːfn̩]

/[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʁuːfn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“hervorzurufen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,405 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,405
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs hervorrufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-hervorzurufen · hervorzurufen · German

hervorzurufen · rank #55,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,405
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Herbstes

Nearest frequency peer: Herbstes (-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 „hervorzurufen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hervorzurufen
PropertyValue
Headwordhervorzurufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʁuːfn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#55,405
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „hervorzurufen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Herbstes“ (#55,404), „hessisches“ (#55,406), „hellgrün“ (#55,403). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hervorzurufen“ bei #55,405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hervorzurufen is uncommon German at frequency #55,405 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʁuːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs hervorrufen".

hervorzurufen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hervorzurufen, spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-Z-U-R-U-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv 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 "hervorzurufen"?
"hervorzurufen" is spelled H-E-R-V-O-R-Z-U-R-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʁuːfn̩].
What does "hervorzurufen" mean?
As a verb, "hervorzurufen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs hervorrufen
How do you pronounce "hervorzurufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hervorzurufen" is [hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʁuːfn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hervorzurufen" come from?
"hervorzurufen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hinreichenden#55,411Grundstruktur#55,380interpretiere#55,442Jugendbereich#55,452

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list