dahinter
German, adverb/daˈhɪntəʁ/
dahinter is spelled D-A-H-I-N-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dahinter is a German adverb meaning “behind it/that” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hinter etwas, was bereits genannt wurde”.
What does dahinter mean in English?
adverb
- 1
behind it/that
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. hinter etwas, was bereits genannt wurde
prefix: 1. in Zusammensetzungen mit der räumlichen und übertragenen Bedeutung: „hinter“ etwas Genanntes oder Genanntem
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce dahinter?
- /daˈhɪntəʁ/
- [daˈhɪntʰɐ]
- [daˈhɪntɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dahinter in German?
dahinter appears 28 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).