Herausgenommen

Herausgenommen is a German participle form of the verb herausnehmen, meaning to take out or remove. In usage, herausgenommen serves as an adjective or adverb to indicate that something is excluded from a larger group, list, calculation, or statement. The prefix heraus- conveys “out of” together with nehmen (to take). The term tends to appear in formal, administrative, or legal language.

In practice, ausgenommen is more common in everyday speech for marking exceptions, while herausgenommen carries a slightly more formal or emphatic tone. Both can convey the idea that certain elements are excluded, but herausgenommen is often found in written documents, contracts, or procedural notes. When used in a sentence, it typically follows a clause that enumerates a group and then specifies the excluded items.

Examples:

- Die Öffnungszeiten gelten für alle Besucher, herausgenommen Kinder unter drei Jahren.

- Die Förderung steht allen Studierenden offen, herausgenommen jene mit Sonderregelungen.

Notes:

- Herausgenommen can function as a modifier for a noun phrase or appear in parenthetical notes within a sentence to mark exceptions.

- It is closely related to ausgenommen, with nuances of formality and emphasis. Both terms express exclusion, and ihre Verwendung often depends on register and regional preferences.

See also:

ausgenommen, außer, mit Ausnahme von, einschließen vs. ausschließen.