Before you start
Meet herausstellen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
heraus- + stellen
- heraus-
- out from inside and into view
- stellen
- to put or set
You set something out where it can be seen, or it comes out into view as the facts become clear.
So herausstellen means to emphasize or point out; to turn out.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Verb family
More verbs built on stellen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- vorstellento introduce, imagine
- darstellento depict, portray
- feststellento establish, detect
- einstellento adjust, employ, stop
- herstellento produce
- aufstellento put up, draw up
- anstellento employ, line up, get into mischief
- abstellento turn off, shut down, park
Separable verb: heraus·stellen
In a main clause the prefix heraus splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseSie stellt den Grund heraus.She highlights the reason.
Subordinate clauseIch weiß, dass sie den Grund herausstellt.I know that she highlights the reason.
Participle: herausgestelltzu-infinitive: herauszustellen
Forms
How herausstellen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stelle heraus | stellte heraus |
| du | stellst heraus | stelltest heraus |
| er/sie/es | stellt heraus | stellte heraus |
| wir | stellen heraus | stellten heraus |
| ihr | stellt heraus | stelltet heraus |
| Sie | stellen heraus | stellten heraus |
Partizip II herausgestellt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Sie stellt den wichtigsten Punkt heraus.She emphasizes the most important point.separable prefix at the end
- 2Es hat sich herausgestellt, dass er krank ist.It turned out that he is ill.Perfekt with haben
- 3Du kannst den Unterschied herausstellen.You can highlight the difference.infinitive after modal verb
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
herausstellen + der Fehler
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Make der Fehler the object.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She emphasized it in her emaildie E-Mail.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the teacherder Lehrer, die Lehrerin explained the plander Plan, the main pointder wichtigste Punkt became clearklar.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We stayed longerlange because it turned out that the busder Bus was latespät.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The answerdie Antwort, which turned out to be rightrichtig, surprisedüberraschen me.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The teacher wants to emphasize that everyonejeder can helphelfen.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
It is importantwichtig to point out the differenceder Unterschied before we choosewählen.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Did it turn out that she had his keysder Schlüssel, die Schlüssel?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
herausstellen + die Vorteile + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Put that clause's verb at the end.
- 3Emphasize die Vorteile in the main clause.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What would you emphasize about your town?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one sentence about your town.
- 2Use herausstellen in the Konjunktiv II.