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Illustration of the B1 German word “herausfinden”, which translates to “find out”. A detective pulls a single glowing answer out of a tangled ball of question-mark yarn, "aha!".
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herausfinden

find out

/hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌfɪndn̩/

Conjugation

Principal parts

herausfinden, fand heraus, hat herausgefunden

ich finde heraus
du findest heraus
er/sie/es findet heraus
wir finden heraus
ihr findet heraus
sie/Sie finden heraus

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Examples — herausfinden in a sentence

Ich will die Wahrheit herausfinden.

I want to find out the truth.

Wir haben seine Adresse herausgefunden.

We found out his address.

How to remember it

heraus (out) + finden → find out, discover.

Word family

finden family · 10 related words

  • auffinden Coming soon to locate, to find
  • befinden be located / find oneself Not predictable
  • erfinden to invent Shifted meaning
  • herausfinden find out
  • stattfinden take place Not predictable
  • wiederfinden find again
  • vorfinden Coming soon to find, to encounter Shifted meaning
  • der Fund find / discovery Shifted meaning
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hoffen

/ˈhɔfn̩/

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to hope

Principal parts

hoffen, hoffte, hat gehofft

ich hoffe
du hoffst
er/sie/es hofft
wir hoffen
ihr hofft
sie/Sie hoffen

Examples

Ich hoffe, es geht dir gut.

I hope you are well.

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We hope for better weather.

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dog

Examples

Wir haben einen kleinen Hund.

We have a small dog.

Der Hund spielt gerne im Garten.

The dog likes to play in the garden.

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/ɪç/

I

ich mich
du dich
er/sie/es ihn/sie/es
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sie/Sie sie/Sie

Examples

Ich lerne sehr gern Deutsch.

I like learning German very much.

Ich bin Student in Köln.

I am a student in Cologne.

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year

Examples

Ein Jahr hat zwölf Monate.

A year has twelve months.

Nächstes Jahr fahre ich nach Deutschland.

Next year I travel to Germany.

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der Junge

/ˈjʊŋə/

boy

Examples

Der Junge spielt im Garten.

The boy plays in the garden.

Ich sehe einen Jungen.

I see a boy.

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/ˈkɔɪ̯fɐ/

buyer

Examples

Der Käufer zahlt bar.

The buyer pays cash.

Es gab viele Käufer.

There were many buyers.

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