dahinterkommen
[daˈhɪntɐˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“dahinterkommen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Erkenntnis einer unbekannten, verheimlichten, verhüllten Tatsache gelangen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dahinterkommen · dahinterkommen · German
dahinterkommen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dahinterkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [daˈhɪntɐˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dahinterkommen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dahinterkommen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [daˈhɪntɐˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Erkenntnis einer unbekannten, verheimlichten, verhüllten Tatsache gelangen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dahinterkommen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dahinterkommen, spelled D-A-H-I-N-T-E-R-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1zur Erkenntnis einer unbekannten, verheimlichten, verhüllten Tatsache gelangen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dahinterkommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man ist übrigens nie dahintergekommen, wer Pfarrer Petersmann zwei Tage nach Kriegsschluß nachts in seinem Pastorat durch Genickschuß getötet hat.“
„Niemand ist noch dahintergekommen, wie die Speichelzelle den Speichel, die Leberzelle die Galle bereitet.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.