hervorhob

Hervorhob is the simple past tense form of the German verb hervorheben, meaning to emphasize, highlight, or bring something to attention. In standard German, hervorheben is a separable-prefix verb, so its past tense is typically written as two words: er hob hervor, not one word. The corresponding past participle is hervorgehoben.

Usage-wise, hervorhob appears mainly in written and formal contexts, such as historical narratives, literature, or analytical writing, where actions are described as having been carried out in the past. In everyday speech, speakers more often use the present perfect form hat hervorgehoben to express a completed emphasis, or other conversational constructions.

Etymology and morphology: The prefix hervor- conveys the sense of bringing something out or to the fore, combined with heben (to lift). This yields a sense of lifting attention to a point or feature. The verb is conjugated in the Präteritum as ich hob hervor, du hobst hervor, er hob hervor, wir hoben hervor, ihr hobt hervor, sie hoben hervor.

Examples: Der Redner hob die wichtigsten Ergebnisse hervor. Diese Studie hob insbesondere die Methodik hervor. Such sentences illustrate how hervorhob situates the emphasis within a past narrative.

See also: hervorheben, German grammar, Präteritum. Notes: while hervorheben is the base verb, its past tense forms and usage follow standard patterns for separable-prefix verbs in German.