Before you start
Meet hervorgehen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
hervor- + gehen
- hervor-
- out into view or from a source
- gehen
- to go
Something goes out from a source and comes into view as a result.
So hervorgehen means to emerge from; to follow from; to become clear from.
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 gehen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- ausgehento go out, assume
- eingehento deal with, give attention
- weitergehento go on
- angehento concern, go on
- zurückgehento go back, decrease
- umgehento treat, handle
- hingehento go there
- zugehento approach, close
Separable verb: hervor·gehen
In a main clause the prefix hervor splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseAus der Nachricht geht die Antwort hervor.The answer emerges from the message.
Subordinate clauseIch bleibe hier, weil daraus die Antwort hervorgeht.I’ll stay here because the answer emerges from it.
Participle: hervorgegangenzu-infinitive: hervorzugehen
Forms
How hervorgehen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | gehe hervor | ging hervor |
| du | gehst hervor | gingst hervor |
| er/sie/es | geht hervor | ging hervor |
| wir | gehen hervor | gingen hervor |
| ihr | geht hervor | gingt hervor |
| Sie | gehen hervor | gingen hervor |
Partizip II hervorgegangen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Aus dem Gespräch geht hervor, dass er Hilfe braucht.It emerges from the conversation that he needs help.Present tense, main clause
- 2Die Idee ist aus einem Gespräch hervorgegangen.The idea came from a conversation.Perfekt with sein
- 3Ich sehe, dass aus dem Brief viel hervorgeht.I see that a lot follows from the letter.Verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hervorgehen + der Brief
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say that the answer is clear from der Brief.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
It became clear from his messagedie Nachricht that he was illkrank.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When we read the letterder Brief, it became clear that the trainder Zug was latespät.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She stayed at home because the reportder Bericht showed that the roaddie Straße was closedgesperrt.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The message that came from the schooldie Schule made her happyglücklich.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The numbersdie Zahl, die Zahlen must show that we have enoughgenug moneydas Geld.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
It seems clear from the emaildie E-Mail that the busder Bus is latespät.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
What can we tell from the notedie Notiz?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
hervorgehen + die Nachricht + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Use the simple past for hervorgehen.
- 3Say that the message did not make the train’s later arrival clear.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What is something you learned from a message, letter, or conversation?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one sentence using hervorgehen.
- 2Say what became clear from a message, letter, or conversation.