dahinter
[daˈhɪntɐ]
The verdict
“dahinter” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,882 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #2,882
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hinter etwas, was bereits genannt wurde
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dahinter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [daˈhɪntɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dahinter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for dahinter is 8 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [daˈhɪntɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,882 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "hinter etwas, was bereits genannt wurde".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dahinter, with forms such as "adhinter", "dahhinter", and "dahinetr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "darunter", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is dahinter, spelled D-A-H-I-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1hinter etwas, was bereits genannt wurde
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adhinter,dahhinter,dahinetr,dahinnter,dahinterr,dahintre,dahintter,dahitner,dahniter,daihnter,ddahinter,dhainter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dahinter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dahinter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-H-I-N-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [daˈhɪntɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “darunter” - see the side-by-side comparison. dahinter vs darunter
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.