Before you start
Meet herausstellen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 5 meanings
- (transitive, literal) to put something outside (in direction towards the speaker)
- (transitive, figurative) to emphasize, underline
- (transitive, figurative) to showcase
- (reflexive, figurative) to come to light
- (reflexive, figurative, with als) to turn out to be
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.
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
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