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Im Gespräch hebt Otti seine Erfahrung mit Kunden besonders hervor. In the interview, Otti particularly highlights his experience with customers.

verb · B2

hervorheben

[hɛɐ̯ˈfoːɐ̯ˌheːbn̩]

to emphasize, to highlight, to point out

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es hebt hervor What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es hob hervor The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat hervorgehoben The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich hebe hervorhob hervorhabe hervorgehoben
du hebst hervorhobst hervorhast hervorgehoben
er/sie/es hebt hervorhob hervorhat hervorgehoben
wir heben hervorhoben hervorhaben hervorgehoben
ihr hebt hervorhobt hervorhabt hervorgehoben
sie/Sie heben hervorhoben hervorhaben hervorgehoben
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte hervorgehobenwerde hervorhebenwerde hervorgehoben haben
du hattest hervorgehobenwirst hervorhebenwirst hervorgehoben haben
er/sie/es hatte hervorgehobenwird hervorhebenwird hervorgehoben haben
wir hatten hervorgehobenwerden hervorhebenwerden hervorgehoben haben
ihr hattet hervorgehobenwerdet hervorhebenwerdet hervorgehoben haben
sie/Sie hatten hervorgehobenwerden hervorhebenwerden hervorgehoben haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich höbe hervor
du höbst hervor
er/sie/es höbe hervor
wir höben hervor
ihr höbt hervor
sie/Sie höben hervor
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du heb hervor!
ihr hebt hervor!
Sie heben Sie hervor!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

her prefix vor prefix heb root en ending

vor-
before, in front: vorstellen (to introduce), vorbereiten (to prepare). Separable: Ich stelle mich vor.
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

hebendie Hervorhebungaufheben

In Otti's situations: Otti has a job interview

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