herausbrechen

See also: Herausbrechen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German herūzbrechen. Equivalent to heraus- +‎ brechen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɛˈʁausbʁɛçn̩]
  • Hyphenation: he‧raus‧bre‧chen, her‧aus‧bre‧chen

Verb

herausbrechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bricht heraus, past tense brach heraus, past participle herausgebrochen, past subjunctive bräche heraus, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to burst out (to speak emotionally or suddenly) [with aus and dative ‘someone’] [auxiliary sein]
    Schließlich brach die Wahrheit aus ihm heraus.Finally, the truth burst out of him.
  2. (transitive) to break out something, to quarry out something [auxiliary haben]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Herausbrecher

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