hervortreten
See also: Hervortreten
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌtʁeːtn̩/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: her‧vor‧tre‧ten
Verb
hervortreten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present tritt hervor, past tense trat hervor, past participle hervorgetreten, past subjunctive träte hervor, auxiliary sein)
- (literally) to step forward
- Synonyms: hervorkommen, hervorschreiten, heraustreten
- aus einer Reihe hervortreten ― to step forward from a file
- (by extension) to come forward, move ahead, to be or get in a forward position
- Synonyms: hervorkommen; (only fluids) hervorquellen
- Scharlachrotes Blut trat aus seiner Wunde hervor. ― Scarlet red blood emerged from his wound.
- (by extension) to become visible, to turn up, to appear, to emerge
- Synonyms: hervorkommen, in Erscheinung treten, (informal) auftauchen
- Ihre Begabung trat schon im Kindesalter hervor. ― Her talent has become apparent since childhood.
- (figuratively) to become or be notable, famous
- Synonyms: hervorstechen, sich auszeichnen
- Mit seinen Begabungen tritt er aus der grauen Masse hervor.
- He distinguishes himself from the common populace with his talents.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “hervortreten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “hervortreten” in Duden online
- “hervortreten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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